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Margaret Drabble

1939 - Today

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Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, (born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer, novelist and short story writer. Drabble's books include The Millstone (1965), which won the following year's John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and Jerusalem the Golden, which won the 1967 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She was honoured by the University of Cambridge in 2006, having earlier received awards from numerous redbrick (e.g. Sheffield, Hull, Manchester,) and plateglass universities (such as Bradford, Keele, East Anglia and York). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Margaret Drabble is the 6,275th most popular writer (down from 6,088th in 2024), the 5,442nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,992nd in 2019) and the 595th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Margaret Drabble ranks 6,275 out of 7,302. Before her are Shrilal Shukla, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Miklós Haraszti, Andrzej Stasiuk, and Robert B. Sherman. After her are John Seigenthaler, Sarah Winnemucca, Stephen Glass, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, and Brené Brown.

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Among people born in 1939, Margaret Drabble ranks 574. Before her are John M. Fabian, Dorothy Shirley, Carl Yastrzemski, Paul Craig Roberts, Jet Harris, and Robert A. M. Stern. After her are Kinuko Tanida, Nanda, Félix Salinas, Pilar Roldán, Paul Winter, and Terry Kiser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Drabble ranks 5,444 out of 8,785. Before her are Joe Cornish (1968), Chris Smalling (1989), Henry Taylor (1932), Jet Harris (1939), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), and Peter Sallis (1921). After her are Peter Mandelson (1953), W. Morgan Sheppard (1932), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Andrea Riseborough (1981), Luke Goss (1968), and Angela Cartwright (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Margaret Drabble ranks 595. Before her are William Dunbar (1460), Anne Fine (1947), Sarah Trimmer (1741), Owen Barfield (1898), Dannie Abse (1923), and William Roscoe (1753). After her are Henry Vaughan (1621), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Ian McDonald (1960), Cressida Cowell (1966), David McKee (1935), and Dorothy Richardson (1873).

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