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Auguste Barbier

1805 - 1882

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Henri Auguste Barbier (29 April 1805 – 13 February 1882) was a French dramatist and poet. Barbier was born in Paris, France. He was inspired by the July Revolution and poured forth a series of eager, vigorous poems, denouncing the evils of the time. They are spoken of collectively as the Iambes (1831), though the designation is not strictly applicable to all. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Auguste Barbier is the 3,792nd most popular writer (down from 2,986th in 2019), the 3,753rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,140th in 2019) and the 473rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Auguste Barbier ranks 3,792 out of 7,302Before him are Mikhail Isakovsky, Jules Janin, Cao Yu, Gunter d'Alquen, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Ranieri de' Calzabigi. After him are Merab Kostava, Donald Barthelme, Peter Mayle, Anton Delvig, Irakli Abashidze, and Marianne Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Auguste Barbier ranks 50Before him are Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Anton von Schmerling, Johann von Lamont, Esteban Echeverría, and Georg Gottfried Gervinus. After him are Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Mary Seacole, Eugène Devéria, Johann Eduard Erdmann, and Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1882, Auguste Barbier ranks 61Before him are Alexander Gardner, James Challis, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, François-Auguste Biard, Nain Singh, and Theodor Kullak. After him are Charles Blanc, Antoine Bussy, Julius Hübner, Franz von Schober, Juraj Dobrila, and Katarina Ivanović.

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In France

Among people born in France, Auguste Barbier ranks 3,753 out of 6,770Before him are Charles de La Fosse (1636), Chlodulf of Metz (null), Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor (1770), Robert Manzon (1917), Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), and Lili Damita (1904). After him are Marcel Domingo (1924), Alain Bashung (1947), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), Eugène Belgrand (1810), and Adolphe Niel (1802).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Auguste Barbier ranks 473Before him are Alain Chartier (1392), Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Maurice Paléologue (1859), Joseph Joffo (1931), and Jules Janin (1804). After him are Claude Aveline (1901), Théophile Thoré-Bürger (1807), Émile Souvestre (1806), Albert Aurier (1865), Charles Blanc (1813), and Jean Echenoz (1947).