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Charles Péguy

1873 - 1914

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Charles Pierre Péguy (French: [ʃaʁl peɡi]; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism; by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believing (but generally non-practicing) Roman Catholic. From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Péguy is the 1,239th most popular writer (down from 1,075th in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from France (down from 1,231st in 2019) and the 179th most popular French Writer.

Charles Péguy was a French poet and essayist who is most famous for his writings during World War I.

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Among writers, Charles Péguy ranks 1,239 out of 7,302. Before him are John William Polidori, Gavrila Derzhavin, B. H. Liddell Hart, Rasul Gamzatov, Lu You, and Max Nordau. After him are Achilles Tatius, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Jan Guillou, Meng Haoran, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, and Thomas Mayne Reid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Charles Péguy ranks 41. Before him are Alice Guy-Blaché, Radoje Domanović, Thomas Curtis, Christian Rakovsky, Ivanoe Bonomi, and Tullio Levi-Civita. After him are Hayim Nahman Bialik, Constantin Carathéodory, Robert Wiene, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Eliel Saarinen, and Arnold van Gennep. Among people deceased in 1914, Charles Péguy ranks 25. Before him are Maximilian von Spee, Alexander Samsonov, Alphonse Bertillon, Ambrose Bierce, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, and Alain-Fournier. After him are John Tenniel, Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Anatoly Lyadov, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Georges Picquart.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Péguy ranks 1,411 out of 6,770. Before him are B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Dalmatius (350), Jules Chéret (1836), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), and Patrick Depailler (1944). After him are Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), Nathalie Baye (1948), Mistinguett (1875), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), and Claudine Auger (1941).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Charles Péguy ranks 179. Before him are Monique Wittig (1935), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Léo Taxil (1854), Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and B. H. Liddell Hart (1895). After him are Léon Bloy (1846), Émile Gaboriau (1832), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), and Pierre Larousse (1817).

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