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Claude Farrère

1876 - 1957

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Claude Farrère (French pronunciation: [klod faʁɛʁ]), pseudonym of Frédéric-Charles Bargone (French pronunciation: [fʁedeʁik ʃaʁl baʁɡɔn]; 27 April 1876, in Lyon – 21 June 1957, in Paris), was a French Navy officer and writer. Many of his novels are based in exotic locations such as Istanbul, Saigon, or Nagasaki. One of his novels, Les Civilisés, about life in French colonial Indochina, won the third Prix Goncourt for 1905. He was elected to a chair at the Académie Française on 26 March 1935, in competition with Paul Claudel, partly thanks to lobbying efforts by Pierre Benoit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Farrère is the 2,234th most popular writer (up from 2,450th in 2019), the 2,509th most popular biography from France (up from 2,705th in 2019) and the 315th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Claude Farrère ranks 2,234 out of 7,302. Before him are Rahel Varnhagen, Frédéric Ozanam, Joseph Kessel, Suzanne Collins, Rudolf Rocker, and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. After him are Nina Berberova, Pierre Klossowski, Clive Barker, Wanda Wasilewska, Meleager of Gadara, and Quadratus of Athens.

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Among people born in 1876, Claude Farrère ranks 84. Before him are Henri Winkelman, Friedrich Traun, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Ivane Javakhishvili, Vladimir Nazor, and Ignaz Seipel. After him are Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Agustín Pedro Justo, Gertrud von Le Fort, Eglantyne Jebb, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, and Lev Berg. Among people deceased in 1957, Claude Farrère ranks 92. Before him are Carlos Castillo Armas, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Albert Anastasia, Ernst Gräfenberg, Prince Franz of Bavaria, and Gheorghe Tătărescu. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, Eugène Schueller, Karl Genzken, Heinrich Bär, Valery Larbaud, and Umberto Saba.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Farrère ranks 2,509 out of 6,770. Before him are Patrick Hernandez (1949), Élisabeth Depardieu (1941), Alexis Bouvard (1767), Charles Diehl (1859), Séverine (1948), and Jean Fautrier (1898). After him are Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Michel Camdessus (1933), Jules Armand Dufaure (1798), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), and Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Farrère ranks 315. Before him are Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Michel Leiris (1901), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), and Matthieu Ricard (1946). After him are Pierre Klossowski (1905), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Benjamin Péret (1899), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Étienne Dolet (1509), and Walter of Châtillon (1135).

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