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Saunders Lewis

1893 - 1985

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Saunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis; 15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. Born into a Welsh-speaking ministerial family in Greater Liverpool, Lewis rediscovered the importance of both his heritage language and cultural roots while serving as a junior officer in the British Army during the trenches of the First World War. As a vocal supporter of Welsh nationalism, Lewis believed, however, that heritage language revival, cultural nationalism, the dramatic arts, and culture needed to precede Welsh devolution or political independence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Saunders Lewis is the 6,496th most popular writer (down from 6,457th in 2024), the 5,857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,688th in 2019) and the 656th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Saunders Lewis ranks 6,496 out of 7,302. Before him are Mark Akenside, Compton Mackenzie, George S. Kaufman, Michael Rosen, Ti-Grace Atkinson, and Ayi Kwei Armah. After him are Yulia Latynina, Sandra Cisneros, Sylvia Browne, Andrew Sarris, Dimitris Lyacos, and Claudia Piñeiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Saunders Lewis ranks 269. Before him are Bert McCaffrey, Dorothy Thompson, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Grace Cunard, Theresa Weld, and Tom Forman. After him are Dorothy Dalton, John P. Marquand, Gladys Brockwell, Irving Bacon, Harley Earl, and Sydney Camm. Among people deceased in 1985, Saunders Lewis ranks 276. Before him are Alvah Bessie, Phil Silvers, Isabel Jeans, Dragomir Tošić, Richard Greene, and Edward Andrews. After him are Margo, Louis Hayward, Dragan Mance, Eddie Shore, Evelyn Ankers, and George Chandler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Saunders Lewis ranks 5,859 out of 8,785. Before him are Compton Mackenzie (1883), Will Poulter (1993), Harry Pollitt (1890), Alan Cottrell (1919), Michael Rosen (1946), and Anna Chancellor (1965). After him are Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Reg Presley (1941), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), W. H. R. Rivers (1864), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), and Roy Evans (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Saunders Lewis ranks 656. Before him are Thomas Hughes (1822), Colley Cibber (1671), Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), Compton Mackenzie (1883), and Michael Rosen (1946). After him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), Naomi Mitchison (1897), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Caryl Churchill (1938), and Angie Sage (1952).

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