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Joyce Cary

1888 - 1957

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Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Joyce Cary is the 6,195th most popular writer (down from 6,168th in 2024), the 5,297th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,126th in 2019) and the 580th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Joyce Cary ranks 6,195 out of 7,302. Before him are Caterina Davinio, Jun Maeda, Lydie Salvayre, Susan Cooper, Kari Hotakainen, and Ali Sardar Jafri. After him are Patricia A. McKillip, Beryl Bainbridge, Alberto Dines, Thomas Traherne, Éva Janikovszky, and Meindert DeJong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Joyce Cary ranks 258. Before him are Jan Palouš, Walther Penck, Curt Goetz, Victor Schertzinger, William Hood Simpson, and Lucien Hubbard. After him are Florence La Badie, Axel Janse, Tryggve Gran, Herbert Morrison, Willis Augustus Lee, and Josef Ternström. Among people deceased in 1957, Joyce Cary ranks 217. Before him are Helene Costello, Ralph Barton Perry, Clarence Walker, Judy Tyler, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Bedřich Šupčík. After him are Keith Andrews, Dorothy Richardson, Nico Bouvy, Nils Silfverskiöld, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, and Gene Lockhart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joyce Cary ranks 5,299 out of 8,785. Before him are Jackie Milburn (1924), Paul Jones (1942), Eric Dier (1994), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Jocelyn Pook (1960), and Joe Meek (1929). After him are Euphemia de Ross (1333), Mark Lester (1958), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Muriel Pavlow (1921), and Eleanor Bron (1938).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Joyce Cary ranks 580. Before him are Simon Sebag Montefiore (1965), Philippa Pearce (1920), Sidney Lee (1859), Hannah More (1745), Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), and Susan Cooper (1935). After him are Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Thomas Traherne (1636), Julia Donaldson (1948), Nigella Lawson (1960), Christopher Fry (1907), and Piers Anthony (1934).

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