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Helen Dunmore

1952 - 2017

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Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. Her best known works include the novels Zennor in Darkness, A Spell of Winter and The Siege, and her last book of poetry Inside the Wave. She won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction, the National Poetry Competition, and posthumously the Costa Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Helen Dunmore is the 7,020th most popular writer (down from 7,016th in 2024), the 6,759th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,743rd in 2019) and the 728th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Helen Dunmore ranks 7,020 out of 7,302. Before her are Jorge Majfud, Amina Lawal, Carl Hiaasen, Abdourahman Waberi, Edward P. Jones, and Terézia Mora. After her are Joanna Bator, Susan Abulhawa, Ernest Cline, Allen Drury, Mimi Hafida, and Roland Schimmelpfennig.

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Among people born in 1952, Helen Dunmore ranks 760. Before her are Viv Richards, Mark C. Lee, Kage Baker, Donald R. McMonagle, Gordon McQueen, and Joe Johnson. After her are Spencer Abraham, Rhys Chatham, Karen Magnussen, Bill Frist, Urvashi Butalia, and Sharon Wichman. Among people deceased in 2017, Helen Dunmore ranks 660. Before her are Yash Pal, José Antonio Alonso, Hiep Thi Le, Lorna Gray, Mundell Lowe, and Nelsan Ellis. After her are Bimba Bosé, Denis Voronenkov, Elena Verdugo, Julia Perez, Barbara Cook, and Jay Thomas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Dunmore ranks 6,761 out of 8,785. Before her are Gordon McQueen (1952), Joe Johnson (1952), Dennis Stewart (1960), Martin Bashir (1963), Dave McKean (1963), and Nigel Pearson (1963). After her are Heidi Range (1983), Hattie Jacques (1922), Simmone Jacobs (1966), Hilary Benn (1953), Heather Sears (1935), and Esmé Bianco (1982).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Helen Dunmore ranks 728. Before her are Tom Parker Bowles (1974), Siobhan Dowd (1960), Laurie Lee (1914), Charley Boorman (1966), Noel Streatfeild (1895), and Maggie O'Farrell (1972). After her are Tom Rob Smith (1979), Sebastian Faulks (1953), Kae Tempest (1985), John Mortimer (1923), Ken MacLeod (1954), and Matt Haig (1975).

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