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William Styron
1925 - 2006
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William Styron
William Styron, né le 11 juin 1925 à Newport News (Virginie) et mort le 1er novembre 2006 sur l'île de Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts), est un écrivain et essayiste américain dont l’œuvre a connu un succès populaire et critique. Sa célébrité vient principalement de ses romans, dont les plus connus sont Un lit de ténèbres (en) (1951), Les Confessions de Nat Turner (1967), Le Choix de Sophie (1979). L’influence de William Styron s’accroît avec la publication en 1990 de Face aux ténèbres, récit autobiographique d'une profonde dépression dont il parla comme d'un « désespoir au-delà du désespoir ». En savoir plus sur Wikipédia
Sa biographie est disponible en 47 langues sur Wikipédia (en hausse par rapport à 45 en 2024). William Styron est le 1,419th écrivain le plus populaire (en baisse du 995th en 2024), la 2,061st biographie la plus populaire des États-Unis (en baisse du 1,138th en 2019), ainsi que le 163rd écrivain des États-Unis le plus populaire.
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Among Écrivains
Among écrivains, William Styron ranks 1,419 out of 7,302. Before him are John Berger, Roger Caillois, Fulcher of Chartres, A. E. van Vogt, Odo of Cluny, and Allan Pinkerton. After him are José de Acosta, Louise Labé, Liu Cixin, Joachim Fest, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, and Callinus.
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Among people born in 1925, William Styron ranks 104. Before him are Sufi Abu Taleb, Hildegard Knef, Harry Harrison, Moshe Arens, Olof Thunberg, and Dettmar Cramer. After him are Michel Bouquet, Katherine MacGregor, David Elazar, Zvi Zamir, Willi Herold, and Gore Vidal. Among people deceased in 2006, William Styron ranks 70. Before him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Telê Santana, David Bronstein, Shamil Basayev, Shohei Imamura, and Sven Nykvist. After him are Joachim Fest, Rudolf Vrba, Rajkumar, Lillian Asplund, Paul Marcinkus, and W. Montgomery Watt.
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1925 - 2019
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Olof Thunberg
ACTOR
1925 - 2020
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 102
Dettmar Cramer
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2015
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 103
William Styron
WRITER
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 104
Michel Bouquet
ACTOR
1925 - 2022
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 105
Katherine MacGregor
ACTOR
1925 - 2018
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1926 - 2006
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Saul Kripke
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Rank: 2,057
Barnett Newman
ARTIST
1905 - 1970
HPI: 65.68
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Wade Williams
ACTOR
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1890 - 1995
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1925 - 2006
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1926 - 2001
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