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André Pieyre de Mandiargues

1909 - 1991

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André Pieyre de Mandiargues (14 March 1909 – 13 December 1991) was a French writer born in Paris. He became an associate of the Surrealists and married the Italian painter Bona Tibertelli de Pisis (a niece of the Italian metaphysical painter Count Filippo Tibertelli de Pisis). He was a particularly close friend of the painter Leonor Fini. His novel La Marge (1967; Eng: The Margin) won the Prix Goncourt and was made into a film of the same name by Walerian Borowczyk in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Pieyre de Mandiargues is the 1,667th most popular writer (up from 2,530th in 2019), the 1,922nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,774th in 2019) and the 239th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, André Pieyre de Mandiargues ranks 1,667 out of 7,302. Before him are Margherita Sarfatti, Eino Leino, Thomas Keneally, György Konrád, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Jean Bodel. After him are André Brink, Marquis de Custine, Antonio de Nebrija, Miklós Zrínyi, Arnaldur Indriðason, and Marcel Achard.

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Among people born in 1909, André Pieyre de Mandiargues ranks 79. Before him are Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Willi Boskovsky, Clement Greenberg, Robert Brasillach, Art Tatum, and Malcolm Lowry. After him are Lennart Bernadotte, Golo Mann, Adalbert Deșu, Joseph Losey, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Eduard Wirths. Among people deceased in 1991, André Pieyre de Mandiargues ranks 72. Before him are Boris Pugo, Vilém Flusser, Willi Boskovsky, Tom of Finland, Ralph Bellamy, and Sergey Akhromeyev. After him are Gene Roddenberry, John Kerr, Eric Carr, Joachim Kroll, Héctor Rial, and Pedro Arrupe.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Pieyre de Mandiargues ranks 1,922 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Guy Mollet (1905), Jean Bodel (1165), Charles Friedel (1822), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), and Jules Brunet (1838). After him are Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693), Michelle of Valois (1395), Marquis de Custine (1790), William Waddington (1826), Camille Doncieux (1847), and Billy Mitchell (1879).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, André Pieyre de Mandiargues ranks 239. Before him are Robert Brasillach (1909), Jacques Amyot (1513), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Robert Desnos (1900), Adèle Hugo (1830), and Jean Bodel (1165). After him are Marquis de Custine (1790), Marcel Achard (1899), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Varro Atacinus (-82), Anne Desclos (1907), and François Pierre La Varenne (1618).

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