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Alan Hollinghurst

1954 - Today

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Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and for his novel The Line of Beauty the 2004 Booker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hollinghurst has received more than 375,496 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Hollinghurst is the 5,687th most popular writer (down from 5,143rd in 2019), the 4,913th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,516th in 2019) and the 547th most popular British Writer.

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  • 380k

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  • 41.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 5,687 out of 5,755Before him are Lydia Maria Child, Patrick Grainville, Alberto Dines, Justine Musk, Walker Percy, and Ludwig Bemelmans. After him are Tim Kring, Richelle Mead, Carol Shields, Benjamin Zephaniah, Tracy Hickman, and Ion Negoițescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 478Before him are José Diego, Thomas Mavros, José González Ganoza, Enrique Peñalosa, Kevin S. Bright, and Lynne Frederick. After him are Olga Knyazeva, Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji, Gina Rinehart, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Vasily Tsibliyev, and Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 4,913 out of 7,765Before him are Nick Clegg (1967), Michael Moran (1948), Charles Hutton (1737), Emily Davies (1830), Gloria Holden (1903), and Harry Johnston (1858). After him are Emlyn Hughes (1947), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Steven Isserlis (1958), Stella Gibbons (1902), Andrew Davis (1944), and Phil Anderson (1958).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Hollinghurst ranks 547Before him are Alastair Reynolds (1966), China Miéville (1972), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Angie Sage (1952), Helen Bannerman (1862), and Philip Massinger (1583). After him are Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Stella Gibbons (1902), Susan Hill (1942), Joanna Baillie (1762), Brian Jacques (1939), and Sheila Jeffreys (1948).