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John Brunner

1934 - 1995

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John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA award the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Brunner has received more than 23,132 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. John Brunner is the 2,965th most popular writer (down from 2,451st in 2019), the 2,224th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,857th in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

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  • 2.98

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Brunner ranks 2,965 out of 5,755Before him are Alexandros Papadiamantis, Silvio Pellico, Antiphanes, Vydūnas, Friedrich Wolf, and Caroline Graham. After him are Herbert Achternbusch, Cotton Mather, Robert G. Ingersoll, Roy Medvedev, Antal Szerb, and Monteiro Lobato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, John Brunner ranks 195Before him are Roberto Clemente, Julius Darmaatmadja, Darlene Conley, Bill Cobbs, Carel Godin de Beaufort, and Peter Berling. After him are Kir Bulychev, Sergio Balanzino, Hendrick Chin A Sen, Ralph Nader, Zilda Arns, and Frank País. Among people deceased in 1995, John Brunner ranks 130Before him are Mickey Mantle, Madge Sinclair, Dmitri Shepilov, James Samuel Coleman, Erik Nilsson, and Osvaldo Pugliese. After him are Ashapurna Devi, Willem Frederik Hermans, Nancy Kelly, Luis Regueiro, Savely Kramarov, and Claudio Brook.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Brunner ranks 2,224 out of 7,765Before him are Andy Murray (1987), William Robertson Smith (1846), John Hadley (1682), Michael Bond (1926), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), and Caroline Graham (1931). After him are Samuel Clarke (1675), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Phil Taylor (1960), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Joey Dunlop (1952), and Charles Lamb (1775).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Brunner ranks 257Before him are Peter Mayle (1939), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), William Robertson Smith (1846), Michael Bond (1926), and Caroline Graham (1931). After him are Charles Lamb (1775), Nick Hornby (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), William Smith (1813), Dodie Smith (1896), and Richard Hammond (1969).