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Given the display name of an author, come up with an algorithm that unfailingly converts it into lastname, other names and works across all types of author names from all parts of the world. If you do come up with such an algorithm, I will be more than happy to have calibre sort authors by lastname.
Indeed, there are plenty of cultures where people have no last names and some names are sorted differently depending on what culture is doing the sorting.
So I have decided not to open a hornets nest and simply display and sort authors by their display name. Get used to it.
The author_sort field is not associated with authors, it is associated with books and it is meant to be hand correctable. In other words you can enter whatever you think is the best way to sort (possibly multiple) authors associated with a book.
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