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Rosamunde Pilcher

1924 - 2019

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Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (née Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career she was published under the pen name Jane Fraser. In 2001, she received the Corine Literature Prize's Weltbild Readers' Prize for Winter Solstice. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosamunde Pilcher is the 1,199th most popular writer (up from 1,251st in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 935th in 2019) and the 119th most popular British Writer.

Rosamunde Pilcher is most famous for her novels that are set in the Scottish Highlands.

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Among writers, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 1,199 out of 7,302. Before her are Ugo Foscolo, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Sarah, Duchess of York, Rigas Feraios, Asconius Pedianus, and Adolfo Bioy Casares. After her are Kazi Nazrul Islam, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Lü Dongbin, Matthias Flacius, Symeon the New Theologian, and Jan Długosz.

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Among people born in 1924, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 71. Before her are Kenneth Kaunda, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Eva Marie Saint, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Roberts Blossom, and André Franquin. After her are Antoni Ramallets, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Tomiichi Murayama, Moktar Ould Daddah, and Black Dahlia. Among people deceased in 2019, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 69. Before her are Tony Buzan, Alan García, Franco Columbu, Raymond Poulidor, Paul Greengard, and Danny Aiello. After her are Isabel Sarli, Yury Luzhkov, Alicia Alonso, Owen Garriott, Claudine Auger, and César Pelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 1,092 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Joseph Banks (1743), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), and Karl Jenkins (1944). After her are Frank Lloyd (1886), Tom Hardy (1977), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), William Adelin (1103), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), and Eddie Clarke (1950).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Rosamunde Pilcher ranks 119. Before her are Oliver Sacks (1933), Len Deighton (1929), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), David Lodge (1935), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), and Sarah, Duchess of York (1959). After her are Diana Mosley (1910), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), John William Polidori (1795), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Jackson (1942), and Arthur Hailey (1920).

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