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Comte de Lautréamont

1846 - 1870

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Comte de Lautréamont (; French: [lotʁeamɔ̃]) was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse ([dykas]; 4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Ducasse died at the age of 24. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Comte de Lautréamont is the 483rd most popular writer (down from 446th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Uruguayan Writer.

The Comte de Lautréamont is most famous for his work Les Chants de Maldoror, a collection of poems and prose poems that was published posthumously in 1869.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Comte de Lautréamont ranks 483 out of 7,302. Before him are Ken Follett, Savitribai Phule, France Prešeren, Milena Jesenská, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Edward Said. After him are José Martí, René Guénon, Romain Gary, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Ivan Bunin, and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Comte de Lautréamont ranks 7. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Peter Carl Fabergé, Wilhelm Maybach, and Buffalo Bill. After him are George Westinghouse, Edmondo De Amicis, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. Among people deceased in 1870, Comte de Lautréamont ranks 7. Before him are Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Prosper Mérimée, Robert E. Lee, Frédéric Bazille, and Josef Strauss. After him are Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gabriel Lamé, and Saverio Mercadante.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Comte de Lautréamont ranks 3 out of 444. Before him are José Mujica (1935), and Tabaré Vázquez (1940). After him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Eduardo Galeano (1940), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), and José Gervasio Artigas (1764).

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Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, Comte de Lautréamont ranks 1. After him are Eduardo Galeano (1940), Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), Juan Carlos Onetti (1909), Horacio Quiroga (1878), Jules Supervielle (1884), Delmira Agustini (1886), Cristina Peri Rossi (1941), Juana de Ibarbourou (1892), José Enrique Rodó (1871), and Ida Vitale (1923).

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