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Sally Rooney

1991 - Today

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Sally Rooney (born 20 February 1991) is an Irish author known for her bestselling novels, which include Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018), Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021), and Intermezzo (2024). The first two were adapted into the television miniseries Normal People (2020) and Conversations with Friends (2022), both of which received favourable reviews. Her four novels, which have been translated into more than 47 languages, have garnered critical acclaim and commercial success, and she is regarded as one of the foremost millennial writers. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sally Rooney is the 6,439th most popular writer (up from 6,756th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 394th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sally Rooney ranks 6,439 out of 7,302. Before her are Alan Dundes, Ruth Graham, Greil Marcus, Dan Abnett, Lynne Cox, and J. P. Donleavy. After her are Alain LeRoy Locke, Raif Badawi, Rick Falkvinge, Walter Lord, Shirley Ann Grau, and Mieko Kawakami.

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Among people born in 1991, Sally Rooney ranks 123. Before her are Pascal Groß, Yuta Hashimura, Yusuke Ishii, Park So-dam, Nikola Mirotić, and Adem Ljajić. After her are Gaël Kakuta, Katsuhiro Hamada, Masato Mizuki, Damson Idris, Harika Dronavalli, and Cédric Soares.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sally Rooney ranks 357 out of 549. Before her are Johnny Giles (1940), Paul McShane (1986), William Smith O'Brien (1803), Johnny Carey (1919), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), and Joseph Plunkett (1887). After her are Dave Allen (1936), Denis Irwin (1965), Seán Lemass (1899), Frank Harris (1856), Cecelia Ahern (1981), and Claire Keegan (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Sally Rooney ranks 47. Before her are Michael Scott (1959), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Colum McCann (1965), and Roddy Doyle (1958). After her are Frank Harris (1856), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Claire Keegan (1968), James Mason (1849), Anne Enright (1962), and Terence MacSwiney (1879).

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