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Alfred de Musset

1810 - 1857

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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (French: [alfʁɛd də mysɛ]; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred de Musset is the 602nd most popular writer (down from 411th in 2019), the 713th most popular biography from France (down from 475th in 2019) and the 100th most popular French Writer.

Alfred de Musset is most famous for his poetry.

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Among writers, Alfred de Musset ranks 602 out of 7,302. Before him are Su Shi, Robert Burns, Bell hooks, Gustav Meyrink, Paul Lafargue, and Marina Tsvetaeva. After him are Kazuo Ishiguro, Ausonius, Lion Feuchtwanger, Bert Hellinger, Ellen G. White, and Dino Buzzati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alfred de Musset ranks 10. Before him are Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Éliphas Lévi, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Theodor Schwann, and Howard Staunton. After him are Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Otto Nicolai, Ernst Kummer, and Fanny Elssler. Among people deceased in 1857, Alfred de Musset ranks 8. Before him are Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Carl Czerny, Mikhail Glinka, Dominic Savio, and Eugène François Vidocq. After him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène Sue, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Francis Beaufort, and Pierre-Jean de Béranger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alfred de Musset ranks 713 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine François Prévost (1697), Nicole Oresme (1323), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), François Fénelon (1651), and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747). After him are Jules Grévy (1807), René Lacoste (1904), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), René Lesson (1794), Ausonius (310), and Eugène Edine Pottier (1816).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alfred de Musset ranks 100. Before him are Alfred Jarry (1873), Adam de la Halle (1245), Gaston Leroux (1868), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Georges Perec (1936), and Antoine François Prévost (1697). After him are Ausonius (310), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Raymond Queneau (1903), and Madame Roland (1754).

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