Alan Glynn

Irish writer
Person human Q2830507

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
1960
Place of birth
Dublin
Country of citizenship
Ireland[7]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Family name
Glynn[11]
Given name
Alan[12]
P14750
FD7E-9BDF-B686-4E9E-EA02[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alan Glynn ar ألن غلين he אלן גלין ja アラン・グリン ko 앨런 글린 ru Алан Глинн ru Глинн, Алан zh 阿兰·格里恩 zh-hant 阿蘭·格里恩
🔖 Identifiers · 40
VIAF cluster ID
40530464
Library of Congress authority ID
n2001056441
GND ID
13221928X
Amazon author ID
B00J1JP9VG
American Film Institute person ID
295623
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
GlynnAlan1960-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14420253z
Databazeknih.cz author ID
32123
Described at URL
myfirstbookdeal.com
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
glynn_alan
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Europeana entity
agent/base/130155
FAST ID
1951102
FantLab author ID
7274
Fantastic Fiction author ID
g/alan-glynn
Film.ru person ID
alan-glynn
Freebase ID
/m/0h5667n
Goodreads author ID
235190
IMDb ID
nm2982186
ISFDB author ID
179093
IdRef ID
079487130
Literature Ireland ID
839
NL CR AUT ID
kv2012695810
NUKAT ID
n2003031203
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007462634105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201108168
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810621459105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
227710096
NooSFere author ID
-40704
Open Library ID
OL1603895A
Quora topic ID
Alan-Glynn-4
SVKKL authority ID
0311287-Glynn-Alan-1960
TMDB person ID
231833
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058511552106706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1345459
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJx4mYKtQRF9bTKRpyFtKd
X (Twitter) username
alanglynnbooks
ČSFD person ID
82730

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Occupation 4
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Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Films written 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Place of birth 1
Sex or gender 1
Works by author 1
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Summary

Alan Glynn was born on 1960[1] in Dublin[2]. He has worked as a writer[3], screenwriter[4], journalist[5], and science fiction writer[6].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Alan Glynn include The Dark Fields[16], a literary work[17].

FAQs

Where was Alan Glynn born?

Alan Glynn's place of birth was Dublin[2].

What did Alan Glynn do for work?

Alan Glynn worked as a writer[3], screenwriter[4], journalist[5], and science fiction writer[6].

Where did Alan Glynn go to school?

Alan Glynn was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . myfirstbookdeal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . myfirstbookdeal.com. Retrieved . myfirstbookdeal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0311287-Glynn-Alan-1960
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0311287-Glynn-Alan-1960, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Trinity College, Dublin
    Place of birth → Dublin
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32083|batch #32083]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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