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Paul Beatty

1962 - Today

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Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Beatty is the 7,216th most popular writer (down from 7,021st in 2024), the 16,963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,838th in 2019) and the 1,150th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Beatty ranks 7,216 out of 7,302. Before him are Niviaq Korneliussen, Taras Prokhasko, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Lauren Kate, Katja Petrowskaja, and Scott Smith. After him are Patrick McCabe, Adriana Lisboa, Edward Lucas, Bethany Hamilton, Ursula Poznanski, and Beate Grimsrud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Paul Beatty ranks 995. Before him are Alvin Drew, Ram Gopal Varma, Carlos Hoyos, Guillaume LeBlanc, Carolyn Hennesy, and Ray Houghton. After him are Russell Coutts, Miloš Rus, Christo van Rensburg, Edward Lucas, Otis Thorpe, and Gro Dahle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Beatty ranks 16,970 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Smith (1965), Jennifer Holland (1987), Chamillionaire (1979), Gina Ravera (1966), Tyson Beckford (1970), and Ethan Peck (1986). After him are Josh Ryan Evans (1982), Brendan Hines (1976), Venus Lux (1990), Steve Talley (1981), Eddie Pope (1973), and Loren Gray (2002).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Beatty ranks 1,150. Before him are Larry Christiansen (1956), Michael Savage (1942), George Will (1941), Eliezer Yudkowsky (1979), Lauren Kate (1981), and Scott Smith (1965). After him are Bethany Hamilton (1990), Sylvia Day (1973), Diablo Cody (1978), Laurie Halse Anderson (1961), Rachel Caine (1962), and Tom Perrotta (1961).

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