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Penelope Lively

1933 - Today

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Dame Penelope Margaret Lively (née Low; born 17 March 1933) is a British writer of fiction for both children and adults. Lively has won both the Booker Prize (Moon Tiger, 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, 1973). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Penelope Lively is the 5,754th most popular writer (up from 6,026th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 547th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Penelope Lively ranks 5,754 out of 7,302Before her are Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Robert E. Sherwood, Roma Ryan, Michael Shermer, David Halberstam, and Joel Chandler Harris. After her are Claude McKay, Jacob Abbott, Park Wan-suh, Teréz Karacs, Vigdis Hjorth, and William Blum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Penelope Lively ranks 444Before her are Masae Kasai, Vincenzo Consolo, Horst Faas, Jean Boiteux, Michael Parenti, and Pete Wilson. After her are Tony Jay, William Blum, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Annie Easley, Dušanka Sifnios, and Joe Orton.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Penelope Lively ranks 537 out of 642Before her are Pope Julian of Alexandria (200), Maggie Gobran (1949), Mohamed Elneny (1992), Mido (1983), Bahaa Taher (1935), and Atef Sedky (1930). After her are Mohamed Ali Rashwan (1956), Ahmed al-Senussi (1933), Karim Rashid (1960), Mohamed Latif (1909), Amr Waked (1973), and Mohamed Aboutrika (1978).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Penelope Lively ranks 58Before her are Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Magdi Allam (1952), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), and Bahaa Taher (1935). After her are Karim Rashid (1960), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).