WRITER

Nicholas Monsarrat

1910 - 1979

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Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 1910 – 8 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–1945), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Monsarrat has received more than 267,108 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Monsarrat is the 6,703rd most popular writer, the 6,131st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 694th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Nicholas Monsarrat ranks 6,703 out of 7,302. Before him are Wolf Haas, Alex Hirsch, Boris Izaguirre, Terrence McNally, Nic Pizzolatto, and Narine Abgaryan. After him are Elizabeth Carter, Calixthe Beyala, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Tie Ning, Les Murray, and Albrecht Behmel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Nicholas Monsarrat ranks 408. Before him are Josephine Johnson, F. F. Bruce, Steven S. DeKnight, Aileen Meagher, Ruthie Tompson, and Marguerite Churchill. After him are Károly Takács, Jacquetta Hawkes, Barbara Castle, Mary Haas, Josephine McKim, and Dick Foran. Among people deceased in 1979, Nicholas Monsarrat ranks 294. Before him are Erich Schmitt, Claudia Jennings, Sally Rand, John Wright, John F. Seitz, and Jack Mulhall. After him are Frank Fredrickson, Vladimir Fyodorov, Allen Tate, Dick Foran, Dorothy Peterson, and Beatrice Hicks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Monsarrat ranks 6,131 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Rollinson (1943), Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827), Philippa Fawcett (1868), Nick Faldo (1957), Camilla Luddington (1983), and Scott McTominay (1996). After him are Elizabeth Carter (1717), Cheryl (1983), Henry Banks (1913), Josh O'Connor (1990), Jacquetta Hawkes (1910), and Barbara Castle (1910).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Monsarrat ranks 694. Before him are Victoria Hislop (1959), Rose Tremain (1943), Catherine Cookson (1906), James Kelman (1946), Clemence Dane (1888), and Thomas Shadwell (1642). After him are Elizabeth Carter (1717), Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802), David Hare (1947), Alison Weir (1951), Jane Taylor (1783), and Maggie O'Farrell (1972).

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