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Timothy Findley

1930 - 2002

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Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, (October 30, 1930 – June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Timothy Findley is the 6,856th most popular writer (down from 6,798th in 2024), the 869th most popular biography from Canada (down from 834th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among writers, Timothy Findley ranks 6,856 out of 7,302. Before him are Jokha Alharthi, Sui Ishida, Liane Moriarty, Paolo Bacigalupi, Eugene Vodolazkin, and Alex Hirsch. After him are Pierdomenico Baccalario, Kristina Ohlsson, D. C. Fontana, Ken Levine, Jean Stafford, and Patrick Besson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Timothy Findley ranks 635. Before him are Frank Adams, Leila Seth, Sally Ann Howes, K. Balachander, Joan Sims, and Allison Hayes. After him are Wendy Beckett, Basu Chatterjee, Tom Mboya, Indrani Rahman, Ronnie Corbett, and Bill Brock. Among people deceased in 2002, Timothy Findley ranks 356. Before him are Otis Blackwell, Jim Crawford, Julia Phillips, Larry Rivers, Hocine Soltani, and Glenn Quinn. After him are Bob Said, Teresa Graves, Boris Alexandrov, Paul Fannin, Jeff Astle, and Dina Pathak.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Timothy Findley ranks 870 out of 1,622. Before him are Jonathan Cherry (1977), Emily Hampshire (1981), Allen Berg (1961), Christina Cox (1971), Molly Parker (1972), and Pete Desjardins (1907). After him are Andrea Jung (1959), Harry Jerome (1940), Gary Lux (1959), John Ralston Saul (1947), Gregory Colbert (1960), and Anne Ottenbrite (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Timothy Findley ranks 44. Before him are George Woodcock (1912), Farley Mowat (1921), Robert Elsie (1950), Rachel Cusk (1967), Cory Doctorow (1971), and Deborah Ellis (1960). After him are John Ralston Saul (1947), Gregory Colbert (1960), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Ed Greenwood (1959), Emily St. John Mandel (1979), and Mavis Gallant (1922).

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