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Peter S. Beagle

1939 - Today

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Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968) which Locus subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. During the last twenty-five years he has won several literary awards, including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011. He was named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by SFWA in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter S. Beagle is the 5,514th most popular writer (down from 5,048th in 2019), the 8,726th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,103rd in 2019) and the 647th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Peter S. Beagle ranks 5,514 out of 7,302. Before him are Miguel Otero Silva, Jakub Arbes, James Bowen, Robertson Davies, Ádám Bodor, and Kristin Hannah. After him are Federico De Roberto, Robert Menasse, René Benjamin, Joanne Harris, Amira Hass, and Zeruya Shalev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Peter S. Beagle ranks 476. Before him are Tom Hayden, Emilio Álvarez, Maeve Binchy, Charles Cyphers, John Danielsen, and Niels Helveg Petersen. After him are Louise Lasser, Kate O'Mara, Elizabeth Ashley, Anne Heggtveit, Björn Engholm, and Héctor Salva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter S. Beagle ranks 8,728 out of 20,380. Before him are Barnard Hughes (1915), Scott Foley (1972), Arthur Freed (1894), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Julie Hagerty (1955), and Kristin Hannah (1960). After him are Daniel Mann (1912), Lizzy Caplan (1982), Travis Knight (1973), David Dinkins (1927), George M. Cohan (1878), and William Colby (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter S. Beagle ranks 647. Before him are Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Judith Krantz (1928), Sara Paretsky (1947), Lew Rockwell (1944), Ann Bannon (1932), and Kristin Hannah (1960). After him are David Weber (1952), Lydia Maria Child (1802), Madeline Miller (1978), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), and Candy Barr (1935).

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