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Richard Flanagan

1961 - Today

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Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Question 7, making him the first writer in history to win both Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes. Flanagan was described by the Washington Post as "one of our greatest living novelists". "[C]onsidered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to The Economist, the New York Review of Books described Flanagan as "among the most versatile writers in the English language". He has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Flanagan is the 6,838th most popular writer (up from 6,901st in 2024), the 537th most popular biography from Australia (up from 552nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Australian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Flanagan ranks 6,838 out of 7,302. Before him are John Crowe Ransom, Wladimir Kaminer, William Safire, Louis MacNeice, Lawrence Wright, and Peter Morgan. After him are Éliette Abécassis, Nadia Anjuman, Victor Shenderovich, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Al Alvarez, and Paolo Cognetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Richard Flanagan ranks 773. Before him are István Busa, Bernd Dittert, Mike Eman, Bice Vanzetta, Graham King, and Andrea Borella. After him are Lucas Sang, Giuseppe Valditara, Andrés Simón, Ayan Sadakov, George Stephanopoulos, and Mike Thackwell.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Richard Flanagan ranks 537 out of 1,143. Before him are Robbie McEwen (1972), Jan Lehane (1941), Lucas Neill (1978), Suzanne Cory (1942), Montaigne (1995), and Samara Weaving (1992). After him are Craig Gillespie (1967), Cate Shortland (1968), Mathew Hayman (1978), Orianthi (1985), Scott Dixon (1980), and Frank B. Zoltowski (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Richard Flanagan ranks 31. Before him are Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Kate Morton (1976), DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), David Malouf (1934), and Les Murray (1938). After him are Liane Moriarty (1966), Donna Williams (1963), Louisa Lawson (1848), Geraldine Brooks (1955), Garth Nix (1963), and Kate Grenville (1950).

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