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Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin Follett is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold nearly 200 million copies of his works.
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culture · British bestseller novelist (born 1949) · writer · novelist · prose writer · also Ken Follett, Kenneth Martin Follett, Follett
Born 5 June 1949 · Q210669
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2026· 3 entries
Esquire: Hasta Stephen King y Ken Follett admiran al escritor que creó a Jack Reacher: estos son sus 7 mejores libros
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The Independent: Ken Follett's next epic heads to Victorian Britain, where strict morals meet secret passions
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2025· 1 entry
– Made an Officer of the Legion of Honour by the Embassy of France in London
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2024· 2 entries
Publishers Weekly: Ken Follett to Publish New Novel with Hachette in 2025
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“It’s not very far from me in England”
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Ken Follett: ‘You don’t have to wear a hairshirt to be in the Labour party’
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Yahoo: Ken Follett's 'The Armor of Light' to come out Sept. 26
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: A moment that changed me: Ken Follett – killing time, I found the inspiration for my most successful novel
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2021· 5 entries
Yahoo: Ken Follett’s ‘The Evening And The Morning’ To Be Developed As TV Series By Legendary TV & Range Media Partners
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The Guardian: Ken Follett gives book proceeds to French cathedral restoration fund
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And finally obtained it on 13 November 2025
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Follett applied for French naturalisation in 2021, and finally obtained it on 13 November 2025.
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Donated all proceeds from his book Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals, amounting to €148,000 (£127,000), to help with the €2
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2020· 2 entries
Follett first considered applying for French citizenship by naturalisation after Brexit, which he opposes; this decision followed a suggestion from an English friend who had already gone through the process
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In 2020, Follett first considered applying for French citizenship by naturalisation after Brexit, which he opposes; this decision followed a suggestion from an English friend who had already gone through the process.
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Hertfordshire (2018).
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2017· 1 entry
DualShockers: Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth Book 1 Review -- An Epic Yet Slow Introduction
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded The Grand Master (2013).
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2010· 3 entries
The Guardian: Has Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth got the winning ingredients?
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The Guardian: Jamie Carragher and Ken Follett among donors to Labour leadership contenders
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Awarded International Thriller Writers Awards (2010).
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2007· 1 entry
The Guardian: Review: World Without End by Ken Follett
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Corine Literature Prize for Jackdaws (2003).
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Awarded Audie Awards for Jackdaws (2003).
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Then translated and published in France as La Belle et L'Oiseau in 2019)
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2002· 1 entry
The Guardian: Me and my wine: Ken Follett
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Bancarella Literary Prize for The Hammer of Eden (1999).
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1989· 1 entry
“Najgorszy negocjator na świecie to taki, który uważa się za sprytnego.”
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Edgar Awards for Eye of the Needle (1979).
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1970· 1 entry
Completed a three-month postgraduate journalism course and began working as a trainee reporter for the South Wales Echo in Cardiff
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1968· 1 entry
And their son, Emanuele, was born the same year
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1967· 1 entry
Was admitted to University College London, where he studied philosophy and became active in centre-left politics
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-06-05.
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