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Paul Theroux

1941 - Today

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Paul Edward Theroux ( thə-ROO; born April 10, 1941) is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name. He is the father of English-American authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux, and uncle of the American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Theroux is the 4,878th most popular writer (up from 5,016th in 2019), the 7,362nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,056th in 2019) and the 555th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Paul Theroux ranks 4,878 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Harrison, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Olav Aukrust, Lucy Hawking, Sultan Bahu, and Pieter Jelles Troelstra. After him are Tua Forsström, Dương Thu Hương, Peter Ackroyd, Eugenio Espejo, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, and Steven Millhauser.

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Among people born in 1941, Paul Theroux ranks 424. Before him are Howden Ganley, Karel Urbánek, Martine Beswick, Edo de Waart, Rachid Boudjedra, and Vadim Glowna. After him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Yury Malyshev, Tim Hardin, Rafael Albrecht, Ileana Silai, and Jacques Simon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Theroux ranks 7,364 out of 20,380. Before him are Yvonne Elliman (1951), Joe Sutter (1921), Joey Bishop (1918), Norman Ross (1895), Taylor Sheridan (1970), and Norbert Schemansky (1924). After him are Robert Curry (1882), Rick Hoffman (1970), Leslie West (1945), Matt Czuchry (1977), Damian Priest (1982), and Stephen Greenblatt (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Theroux ranks 555. Before him are Jonathan Carroll (1949), Paula Fox (1923), C. L. Moore (1911), Sidney Howard (1891), Robert Leckie (1920), and Jim Harrison (1937). After him are Steven Millhauser (1943), Mary Oliver (1935), Norman Spinrad (1940), William Gibson (1914), Neal Stephenson (1959), and John Esposito (1940).

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