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Eleanor Catton

1985 - Today

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Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, The Rehearsal, written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Eleanor Catton is the 7,345th most popular writer (down from 7,176th in 2024), the 1,263rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,170th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eleanor Catton ranks 7,345 out of 7,302. Before her are Maggie Stiefvater, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Andrew Sean Greer, Kass Morgan, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Kelly Link. After her are Baby Halder, Maarja Kangro, Shi Tao, Craig Thomas, Laila Lalami, and Shehan Karunatilaka.

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Among people born in 1985, Eleanor Catton ranks 919. Before her are Yukiyo Fujii, Dmytro Grabovskyy, Carolina Bang, Ernestas Šetkus, Adolfo Machado, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. After her are Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Babanco, Haley Webb, Gaëtane Thiney, Chiaki Minamiyama, and Meagan Duhamel.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eleanor Catton ranks 1,264 out of 1,622. Before her are Mike Kroeger (1972), Noah Mills (1983), Cameron Baerg (1972), Dave Baksh (1980), Martha Wainwright (1976), and Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966). After her are Alexz Johnson (1986), Alice Glass (1988), Meagan Duhamel (1985), Olivier Occéan (1981), Laura Regan (1977), and Paul Tracy (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Eleanor Catton ranks 54. Before her are Ed Greenwood (1959), Emily St. John Mandel (1979), Mavis Gallant (1922), Geoff Ryman (1951), Nelly Arcan (1973), and Anne Michaels (1958). After her are David Frum (1960), Anita Sarkeesian (1983), Stephanie Savage (1969), Mariko Tamaki (1975), and Madeleine Thien (1974).

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