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Alfred Jarry

1873 - 1907

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Alfred Jarry (; French: [alfʁɛd ʒaʁi]; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealist, and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and later the theatre of the absurd In the 1950s and 1960s. He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics. Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, and his mother was from Brittany. He wrote in a variety of hybrid genres and styles, prefiguring the postmodern, including novels, poems, short plays and opéras bouffes, absurdist essays and speculative journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Jarry is the 570th most popular writer (down from 511th in 2019), the 676th most popular biography from France (down from 601st in 2019) and the 94th most popular French Writer.

Alfred Jarry is most famous for his play "Ubu Roi" which was a satire of the French society and culture.

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Among writers, Alfred Jarry ranks 570 out of 7,302. Before him are Juan Ramón Jiménez, Sayat-Nova, Frontinus, Sidney Sheldon, Frederick Forsyth, and Arthur Koestler. After him are Klaus Ebner, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Napoleon Hill, Alexander Herzen, Maya Angelou, and Ivan Krylov.

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Among people born in 1873, Alfred Jarry ranks 16. Before him are Jules Rimet, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Alexis Carrel, Henri Barbusse, Otto Loewi, and Luigi Lucheni. After him are Karl Schwarzschild, Spyridon Louis, Antonie Pannekoek, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Julius Martov, and Max Reger. Among people deceased in 1907, Alfred Jarry ranks 12. Before him are Oscar II of Sweden, Henri Moissan, Giosuè Carducci, Asaph Hall, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Hector Malot. After him are Kato Svanidze, Marcellin Berthelot, Pierre Janssen, Jean Casimir-Perier, Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Joseph Joachim.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alfred Jarry ranks 676 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Utrillo (1883), Auguste de Marmont (1774), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), and Frontinus (30). After him are Eugène Boudin (1824), Chlodomer (495), Lucien Febvre (1878), Jean Nicot (1530), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), and Robert Hossein (1927).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alfred Jarry ranks 94. Before him are Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Camille Flammarion (1842), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), and Frontinus (30). After him are Adam de la Halle (1245), Gaston Leroux (1868), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Georges Perec (1936), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Alfred de Musset (1810).

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