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Anne Golon

1921 - 2017

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Anne Golon (17 December 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a French author, better known to English-speaking readers as Sergeanne Golon. Her Angélique novels have reportedly sold 150 million copies worldwide and have inspired multiple adaptations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Golon is the 2,008th most popular writer (up from 2,098th in 2019), the 2,279th most popular biography from France (up from 2,353rd in 2019) and the 287th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Golon ranks 2,008 out of 7,302. Before her are Langston Hughes, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Bálint Balassi, Konstantin Ushinsky, Bion of Smyrna, and Joachim Neander. After her are Alciphron, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Robert Chambers, Desanka Maksimović, Yuan Zhen, and Vishnu Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Anne Golon ranks 127. Before her are Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Paddy Roy Bates, Gitta Sereny, César Baldaccini, Robert Muldoon, and Arno Babajanian. After her are Arthur Grumiaux, Maurice Yaméogo, Pierre Clostermann, Wolfgang Borchert, Branko Stanković, and Jean Behra. Among people deceased in 2017, Anne Golon ranks 128. Before her are George Young, Robert Hardy, Richard Hatch, Juan Goytisolo, William H. Keeler, and Lyudmila Chernykh. After her are Miguel Ferrer, Tomas Milian, Marjorie Boulton, Bruce McCandless II, Kate Millett, and Jerry Fodor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anne Golon ranks 2,279 out of 6,770. Before her are Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Claire Denis (1946), Marcellin Marbot (1782), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Peter the Venerable (1092), and Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757). After her are René Pottier (1879), Émile Baudot (1845), Maurice Papon (1910), Jean Metzinger (1883), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), and Robert de Boron (1110).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Anne Golon ranks 287. Before her are Augustin Barruel (1741), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Paul Morand (1888), and Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880). After her are Robert de Boron (1110), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Isaac the Blind (1160), Pierre Plantard (1920), and François Hotman (1524).

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