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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

1707 - 1777

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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 February 1707 – 12 April 1777), called Crébillon fils or Crébillon le Gai (Crébillon the Gay) to distinguish him from his father, was a French novelist. Born in Paris, he was the son of a famous tragedian, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon père or Crébillon the Tragic). He received a Jesuit education at the elite Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Early on he composed various light works, including plays for the Italian Theatre in Paris, and published a short tale called Le Sylphe in 1730. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon is the 3,257th most popular writer (up from 3,439th in 2019), the 3,359th most popular biography from France (up from 3,515th in 2019) and the 424th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 3,257 out of 7,302. Before him are Tudor Arghezi, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Rutka Laskier, Christopher Hampton, Robert Fisk, and Maria Dąbrowska. After him are Miguel Torga, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Heo Nanseolheon, Janet Frame, Joan Brossa, and Holger Drachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 14. Before him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, and Michel Corrette. After him are Charles Wesley, Johannes Burman, Benjamin Robins, Johann Amman, and Stephen Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1777, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 17. Before him are Charles-Joseph Natoire, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Maxim Berezovsky, Bernard de Jussieu, Enrichetta d'Este, and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Alexander Sumarokov, Dai Zhen, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Dolly Pentreath, and John Morton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 3,359 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Marcel Navratil (1908), Lucien Simon (1861), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Mélanie Laurent (1983), Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine (995), and Joseph de Villèle (1773). After him are Bulle Ogier (1939), Jacques Villeret (1951), Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger (1790), Auguste Clésinger (1814), Thierry Breton (1955), and Loyset Compère (1440).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 424. Before him are Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), Vincent Voiture (1597), René Huyghe (1906), Émile Faguet (1847), Suzanne Curchod (1737), and Gaston Rébuffat (1921). After him are Rutebeuf (1300), Juliette Adam (1836), Armand Salacrou (1899), Jacques Delille (1738), Léon-Paul Fargue (1876), and Antoine Furetière (1619).

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