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André Chénier

1762 - 1794

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André Marie Chénier (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe maʁi ʃenje]; 30 October 1762 – 25 July 1794) was a French poet associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state". Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and other works of art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Chénier is the 629th most popular writer (up from 678th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Turkish Writer.

André Chénier is most famous for his poem "Ode à la Liberté" which was written in 1794.

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Among writers, André Chénier ranks 629 out of 7,302. Before him are Joan Fuster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Francisco de Quevedo, Poliziano, Patricia Highsmith, and Franz Werfel. After him are Kumārajīva, Gabriele Amorth, Kōbō Abe, Meera, Samuel Johnson, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, André Chénier ranks 4. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Constanze Mozart. After him are Pierre André Latreille, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Theroigne de Mericourt, Jacques Balmat, Gia Long, and Spencer Perceval. Among people deceased in 1794, André Chénier ranks 12. Before him are Cesare Beccaria, Edward Gibbon, Camille Desmoulins, Élisabeth of France, Georg Forster, and Alexandre de Beauharnais. After him are Georges Couthon, William Jones, Jacques Hébert, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, and Gregory Skovoroda.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, André Chénier ranks 272 out of 1,347. Before him are Fahri Korutürk (1903), Theophanu (960), Adnan Menderes (1899), Philemon (100), Niketas Choniates (1155), and Phorcys (null). After him are Anchises (null), Dardanus (null), Priscus (410), Aratus (-315), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), and Flavian of Constantinople (380).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, André Chénier ranks 13. Before him are Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Anna Komnene (1083), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Zosimus (460), Novatian (220), and Yunus Emre (1240). After him are Aratus (-315), Gregory of Narek (951), Kassia (810), Theodore the Studite (759), Ibn Hawqal (943), and Dio Chrysostom (40).

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