WRITER

Alphonse de Châteaubriant

1877 - 1951

Alphonse de Châteaubriant

Alphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s də ʃɑtobʁijɑ̃]; 25 March 1877 – 2 May 1951) was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1911 for his novel Monsieur de Lourdines and Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for La Brière in 1923. After a visit to Germany in 1935 he became an enthusiastic advocate for Nazism. Along with other Breton nationalists he supported fascist and anti-semitic ideas in opposition to the French state. In 1940 he founded the pro-Nazi weekly newspaper La Gerbe and served as President of the Groupe Collaboration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse de Châteaubriant is the 3,346th most popular writer (up from 4,075th in 2019), the 3,437th most popular biography from France (up from 3,944th in 2019) and the 432nd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 3,346 out of 7,302. Before him are Oswald de Andrade, Agniya Barto, Uwe Johnson, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, and Nathan Alterman. After him are Russell T Davies, Kafū Nagai, Mike Mentzer, Alexander Bestuzhev, Begum Rokeya, and Olena Teliha.

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HPI: 59.56
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1877 - 1951
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,346
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HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,347
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HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,351
Olena Teliha
1906 - 1942
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 3,352

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 97. Before him are Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Josephine Hull, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky, Titta Ruffo, and Béla Kiss. After him are Georg Kolbe, Giuseppe Pizzardo, William Hope Hodgson, Edmund Gwenn, Mari Beyleryan, and Mordechai Gebirtig. Among people deceased in 1951, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 105. Before him are Abanindranath Tagore, John Paine, Pedro Salinas, Selim Palmgren, José Enrique Varela, and Edgar Rubin. After him are Fritz Julius Kuhn, Angelos Sikelianos, Harry Kerr, Tilemachos Karakalos, Fréhel, and Max Horton.

Others Born in 1877

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Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1877 - 1970
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 91
Josephine Hull
ACTOR
1877 - 1957
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 92
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1943
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 93
Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky
PHYSICIAN
1877 - 1961
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 94
Titta Ruffo
SINGER
1877 - 1953
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 95
Béla Kiss
EXTREMIST
1877 - 1915
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 96
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
WRITER
1877 - 1951
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 97
Georg Kolbe
SCULPTOR
1877 - 1947
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 98
Giuseppe Pizzardo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1877 - 1970
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 99
William Hope Hodgson
WRITER
1877 - 1918
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 100
Edmund Gwenn
ACTOR
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 101
Mari Beyleryan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1877 - 1915
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 102
Mordechai Gebirtig
MUSICIAN
1877 - 1942
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 103

Others Deceased in 1951

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Abanindranath Tagore
PAINTER
1871 - 1951
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 99
John Paine
ATHLETE
1870 - 1951
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 100
Pedro Salinas
WRITER
1891 - 1951
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 101
Selim Palmgren
COMPOSER
1878 - 1951
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 102
José Enrique Varela
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1951
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 103
Edgar Rubin
PSYCHOLOGIST
1886 - 1951
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 104
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
WRITER
1877 - 1951
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 105
Fritz Julius Kuhn
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1951
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 106
Angelos Sikelianos
WRITER
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 107
Harry Kerr
ATHLETE
1879 - 1951
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 108
Tilemachos Karakalos
POLITICIAN
1866 - 1951
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 109
Fréhel
SINGER
1891 - 1951
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 110
Max Horton
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1951
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 111

In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 3,437 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Tourneur (1876), Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783), Julie Manet (1878), François Séverin Marceau (1769), Georges Lefebvre (1874), and Orlan (1947). After him are François de La Rocque (1885), Philippe LeBon (1767), Paul Grimault (1905), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), and Claudine Picardet (1735).

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Maurice Tourneur
FILM DIRECTOR
1876 - 1961
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 3,431
Frédéric de Lafresnaye
BIOLOGIST
1783 - 1861
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,432
Julie Manet
PAINTER
1878 - 1966
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,433
François Séverin Marceau
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1769 - 1796
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,434
Georges Lefebvre
HISTORIAN
1874 - 1959
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,435
Orlan
PAINTER
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,436
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
WRITER
1877 - 1951
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,437
François de La Rocque
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1946
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,438
Philippe LeBon
ENGINEER
1767 - 1804
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,439
Paul Grimault
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,440
Gustave Schlumberger
HISTORIAN
1844 - 1929
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,441
Jean de Roquetaillade
POLITICIAN
1310 - 1365
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,442
Claudine Picardet
CHEMIST
1735 - 1820
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,443