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Alain-René Lesage

1668 - 1747

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Alain-René Lesage (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʁəne ləsaʒ]; 6 May 1668 – 17 November 1747; older spelling Le Sage) was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks (1707, Le Diable boiteux), his comedy Turcaret (1709), and his picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–1735). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain-René Lesage is the 826th most popular writer (down from 714th in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from France (down from 854th in 2019) and the 126th most popular French Writer.

Alain-René Lesage is most famous for his novel The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.

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Among writers, Alain-René Lesage ranks 826 out of 7,302. Before him are Aelia Eudocia, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Colleen McCullough, Zeb-un-Nissa, Wilhelm Hauff, and Theodore Beza. After him are Elsa Morante, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Kobayashi Issa, John Bunyan, Bacchylides, and Wole Soyinka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1668, Alain-René Lesage ranks 5. Before him are François Couperin, Giambattista Vico, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, and Herman Boerhaave. After him are Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Francesco Gasparini, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Sultan Husayn, Louis, Prince of Condé, Apostolo Zeno, and Petr Brandl. Among people deceased in 1747, Alain-René Lesage ranks 4. Before him are Nader Shah, Amaro Pargo, and Giovanni Bononcini. After him are Alessandro Marcello, Catherine Opalińska, Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Giuseppe Crespi, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, and Philip Johan von Strahlenberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain-René Lesage ranks 986 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Theodore Beza (1519), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), René Girard (1923), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), and Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772). After him are François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), René Lalique (1860), Carole Bouquet (1957), Manu Chao (1961), Gérard Debreu (1921), and Bourvil (1917).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alain-René Lesage ranks 126. Before him are Pierre Boulle (1912), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Jean Anouilh (1910), Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), and Theodore Beza (1519). After him are Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Eugène Scribe (1791), Georges Bernanos (1888), Laura de Noves (1310), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), and Philippe Ariès (1914).

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