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Benjamin Péret

1899 - 1959

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Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Péret is the 2,250th most popular writer (down from 1,862nd in 2019), the 2,519th most popular biography from France (down from 2,121st in 2019) and the 318th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Benjamin Péret ranks 2,250 out of 7,302. Before him are William Caxton, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Ludovic Halévy, Ana María Matute, Karlheinz Deschner, and Uri Avnery. After him are Giuseppe Giacosa, Fred Uhlman, Zbigniew Herbert, Ilse Aichinger, Dacia Maraini, and Sebastian Haffner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Benjamin Péret ranks 112. Before him are John Barbirolli, Wilhelm Röpke, Walter Lantz, Nie Rongzhen, Yaakov Dori, and Wolf Messing. After him are Lovro von Matačić, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Marcel Dalio, Udham Singh, Noël Coward, and Oscar Zariski. Among people deceased in 1959, Benjamin Péret ranks 69. Before him are Aleksandar Tsankov, Jean Behra, Karl Mauss, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Dmitry Manuilsky, and Victor McLaglen. After him are Kathryn Adams, Werner Krauss, Adolf Ziegler, Maxie Long, Curt Sachs, and Carl Switzer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Benjamin Péret ranks 2,519 out of 6,770. Before him are Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Claude Berri (1934), Robert Badinter (1928), and James Louis Sobieski (1667). After him are Louis de Jaucourt (1704), Jean Wahl (1888), Marius Jacob (1879), Catherine of Burgundy (1378), Renaud de Vichiers (1198), and Jean Prouvé (1901).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Benjamin Péret ranks 318. Before him are Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Matthieu Ricard (1946), Claude Farrère (1876), Pierre Klossowski (1905), and Ludovic Halévy (1834). After him are Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Étienne Dolet (1509), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Hervé Bazin (1911), and Henri Meilhac (1831).

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