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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

1878 - 1957

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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays; further works were published posthumously. Having gained a name in the 1910s as a writer in the English-speaking world, he is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter, and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany has received more than 440,428 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany is the 2,513th most popular writer (down from 2,307th in 2019), the 1,855th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,777th in 2019) and the 204th most popular British Writer.

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Notable Works

Fifty-one tales
English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
A Wildside Fantasy Classic. Contains 51 of Dunsany's choice fantasy short stories.
1915
Plays of gods and men
English Fantasy drama, Irish authors, Accessible book
1917
The Book of Wonder
English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
1912
Five plays
One-act plays, Drama, Fantasy
A fine selection of Dunsany's plays, including: "he Gods of the Mountain," "The Golden Doom," "King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior," "The Glittering Gate," and "The Lost Silk Hat." Features a new introduction by Dunsany scholar Darrell Schweitzer.
1914
Unhappy far-off things
World War, 1914-1918, Accessible book
1919
Tales of War
World War, 1914-1918, Accessible book, Fiction
1918

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 2,513 out of 7,302. Before him are René Crevel, Theodore Prodromos, Xu Zhimo, Ron Kovic, Okakura Kakuzō, and Ewald Christian von Kleist. After him are Donald E. Westlake, Bella Rosenfeld, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Ilse Aichinger, Hermann Sudermann, and Suman Pokhrel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 93. Before him are Ulrich Graf, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Frank Jarvis, Paul Hazard, Léon Werth, and Ernest King. After him are Charles Joughin, Herbert Chapman, Georgios Kondylis, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Stamen Grigorov, and Otto Freundlich. Among people deceased in 1957, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 99. Before him are Albert Anastasia, Dorothy L. Sayers, Claude Farrère, Paul Walden, Ramon Magsaysay, and Valery Larbaud. After him are Charles Pathé, Musidora, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Charles Kay Ogden, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and Halil Kut.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 1,855 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Michael Apted (1941), Barbara West (1911), Susannah York (1939), John A. Hobson (1858), and Eunice Gayson (1928). After him are Horatio Gates (1727), Charles Joughin (1878), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Mark of Cornwall (480), and Roger Fry (1866).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ranks 204. Before him are E. Nesbit (1858), William Beckford (1760), Dick Francis (1920), Christopher Priest (1943), Richard Adams (1920), and Peter Shaffer (1926). After him are John Mandeville (1300), Noël Coward (1899), David Lodge (1935), Ouida (1839), John Aubrey (1626), and Arthur Young (1741).

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