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Anne Desclos

1907 - 1998

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Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French literary critic, journalist, and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel Story of O (1954). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Desclos is the 1,688th most popular writer (down from 1,528th in 2019), the 1,952nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,772nd in 2019) and the 244th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Desclos ranks 1,688 out of 7,302. Before her are Lina Kostenko, Ahmed Shawqi, Gil Vicente, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ryū Murakami, and Jacopo Sannazaro. After her are Michael Cunningham, Mahadevi Varma, François Pierre La Varenne, Karen Armstrong, Edward Albee, and Symeon the Metaphrast.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Anne Desclos ranks 93. Before her are Franz Jägerstätter, René Char, Antonín Puč, Altiero Spinelli, Nicolaus von Below, and Avraham Stern. After her are Mahadevi Varma, Herbert Kappler, Run Run Shaw, Pavel Sudoplatov, Cesar Romero, and Manfred von Ardenne. Among people deceased in 1998, Anne Desclos ranks 72. Before her are Kurt Franz, Wolf Vostell, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Verner Panton, Efim Geller, and James Earl Ray. After her are Don Taylor, Marie-Louise von Franz, Gulzarilal Nanda, George Wallace, Archie Moore, and Ted Hughes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anne Desclos ranks 1,952 out of 6,770. Before her are Varro Atacinus (-82), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), and Henri, Prince of Condé (1588). After her are Charles-François Lebrun (1739), Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), William Clito (1102), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), and Bernard Kouchner (1939).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Anne Desclos ranks 244. Before her are Jean Bodel (1165), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Marquis de Custine (1790), Marcel Achard (1899), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), and Varro Atacinus (-82). After her are François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Adalberon (947), and Dominique Venner (1935).

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