Writer

Alan Bennett

Born
1934
Nationality
England
Genre
Short Stories - Authors
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He s (...) read full article at Wikipedia
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People who like this writer describe this writer as Insightful, A good storyteller, Intelligent, A great writer, Hilarious, Talented, Witty, Iconic, Distinctive and Funny. They tend to think this writer is particularly good on topics such as Family, Relationships and Yorkshire.

People who like this writer are more likely to also like other writers such as Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, H. E. Bates, Bill Bryson, Jeanette Winterson, Noël Coward, Alan Ayckbourn and John le Carré.

People who like this writer say their favourite books, by any writer, are: Untold Stories, Down and Out in Paris and London, Cold Comfort Farm, The Little Drummer Girl, A Passage to India, The Ghost Road, Vanity Fair, Homage to Catalonia, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Winter's Tale.

Poems and plays they tend to like include The History Boys, Lady in the Van, The Odd Couple, An Ideal Husband and A Man For All Seasons.

People who like this writer are more likely than most to think of themselves as Conscientious, Untidy, Sympathetic, Withdrawn and Interesting. Their general interests are more likely to include Art, English & Literature, Dance and Ballet, Radio and Architecture.

This writer is particularly popular among readers of Sunday Telegraph.

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They tend to enjoy reading magazines such as Private Eye.

Movies they are statistically more likely to have enjoyed are: Cabaret, Strangers on a Train, Doctor Zhivago, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Jean de Florette, Educating Rita, Steel Magnolias, Manon des Sources, Solaris and Howards End.

People who dislike this writer tend to prefer writers such as Jerome K. Jerome, Rex Stout, Brian Stableford, Niccolò Machiavelli and Aeschylus.





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