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Claude Simon

1913 - 2005

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Claude Eugène Henri Simon (French: [klod simɔ̃]; 10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was a French novelist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Simon is the 290th most popular writer (up from 299th in 2019), the most popular biography from Madagascar and the most popular Malagasy Writer.

Claude Simon was a French novelist, poet, and essayist. He is most famous for his novels "The Flanders Road" and "The Golden Fleece."

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Among writers, Claude Simon ranks 290 out of 7,302. Before him are Kenzaburō Ōe, Pierre Corneille, Ludovico Ariosto, Marcus Terentius Varro, Eckhart Tolle, and Patrick Modiano. After him are Luigi Pirandello, Jacob Grimm, Bram Stoker, Walt Whitman, Alfonso X of Castile, and Paul Auster.

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Among people born in 1913, Claude Simon ranks 12. Before him are Vivien Leigh, Menachem Begin, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Burt Lancaster, and Klaus Barbie. After him are Paul Ricœur, Josef Bican, Willis Lamb, Jesse Owens, Bảo Đại, and Gustáv Husák. Among people deceased in 2005, Claude Simon ranks 7. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Edward Heath, Rosa Parks, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Arthur Miller, George Best, Paul Ricœur, Peter Drucker, Simon Wiesenthal, and Hans Bethe.

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In Madagascar

Among people born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1 out of 36. After him are Ranavalona I (1788), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Ranavalona III (1861), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Ranavalona II (1829), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Radama II (1829), Rasoherina (1814), and Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906).

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Among writers born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1. After him are Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901).

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