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Penelope Fitzgerald

1916 - 2000

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Penelope Mary Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Observer in 2012 placed her final novel, The Blue Flower, among "the ten best historical novels". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Penelope Fitzgerald is the 3,672nd most popular writer (down from 2,589th in 2019), the 2,909th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,915th in 2019) and the 331st most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Penelope Fitzgerald ranks 3,672 out of 7,302. Before her are Ram Prasad Bismil, Yan Lianke, Nikolay Ogarev, David Foster Wallace, Alain Chartier, and Robert B. Spencer. After her are James A. Michener, Rose Wilder Lane, Octavia E. Butler, Gonzalo de Berceo, Steve Berry, and Oton Župančič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Penelope Fitzgerald ranks 151. Before her are Charlie Christian, Rong Yiren, Robert H. Dicke, Julian Rotter, Adriana Caselotti, and Werner Bischof. After her are José López Rega, Giuseppe Taddei, Jack Arnold, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Anthony Dawson, and M. S. Subbulakshmi. Among people deceased in 2000, Penelope Fitzgerald ranks 156. Before her are Hélène Prévost, Ahmad Shamlou, Wojciech Has, Dorino Serafini, Ernst Jandl, and Jim Varney. After her are Franco Rossi, Ian Dury, John Tukey, Bruno Zevi, Franco Donatoni, and Basil Bernstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Penelope Fitzgerald ranks 2,910 out of 8,785. Before her are Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Johann von Lamont (1805), and Naomie Harris (1976). After her are Arnold Bax (1883), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), John Michael Wright (1617), Marianne North (1830), James Young Simpson (1811), and John Shrapnel (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Penelope Fitzgerald ranks 331. Before her are Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), and William Robertson Smith (1846). After her are Rupert Brooke (1887), Ian Rankin (1960), Mary Sidney (1561), Leslie Stephen (1832), Georgette Heyer (1902), and Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893).

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