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Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

1838 - 1889

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Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (7 November 1838 – 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste when publishing some of his books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is the 1,113th most popular writer (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 1,268th most popular biography from France (down from 1,200th in 2019) and the 164th most popular French Writer.

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is most famous for his novel "Axel" which was published in 1859.

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Among writers, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 1,113 out of 7,302. Before him are Roger Zelazny, Alexander Kielland, Alexander Ostrovsky, D. T. Suzuki, Herodian, and Quintus Tullius Cicero. After him are Len Deighton, Nikolai Leskov, Jeff Lindsay, Rustichello da Pisa, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and John Cheever.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 21. Before him are Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Léon Gambetta, Princess Louise of Prussia, Anton Mauve, Arthur Auwers, and Camille Jordan. After him are Vladimir Markovnikov, Yamagata Aritomo, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, and 11th Dalai Lama. Among people deceased in 1889, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 18. Before him are Mihai Eminescu, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Wilhelm Tempel, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Wilkie Collins, and Charles III, Prince of Monaco. After him are Maria Mitchell, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Marie of Prussia, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Robert Browning, and Giovanni Bottesini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 1,268 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655), Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145), Joël Robuchon (1945), Jules Ferry (1832), Odile of Alsace (662), and Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012). After him are Dominique Sanda (1948), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), Max Linder (1883), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Tancred of Hauteville (980), and René Arnoux (1948).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 164. Before him are Johannes Tauler (1300), Charles Nodier (1780), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Paul Bourget (1852), and Michel Tournier (1924). After him are Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Elif Shafak (1971), Alain-Fournier (1886), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and Comtessa de Dia (1175).

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