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Edmond de Goncourt

1822 - 1896

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Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (pronounced [ɛdmɔ̃ də ɡɔ̃kuʁ]; 26 May 1822 – 16 July 1896) was a French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmond de Goncourt is the 753rd most popular writer (down from 742nd in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from France (up from 895th in 2019) and the 118th most popular French Writer.

Edmond de Goncourt is most famous for his novel "Germinie Lacerteux," which is about a seamstress who falls in love with her boss.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 753 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine Galland, Elisabeth of Wied, Claudian, Edgar Wallace, Christa Wolf, and Berossus. After him are Natalia Ginzburg, Hugo Ball, Cao Xueqin, Ibn Hawqal, Theognis of Megara, and Dio Chrysostom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 15. Before him are Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander Mackenzie, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Étienne Lenoir, and Charles Hermite. After him are Sa'id of Egypt, Rosa Bonheur, Adelaide of Austria, Midhat Pasha, Joseph Bertrand, and Francis, Duke of Cádiz. Among people deceased in 1896, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 17. Before him are Otto Lilienthal, John Everett Millais, José Rizal, Harriet Beecher Stowe, H. H. Holmes, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. After him are Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Prince Henry of Battenberg, and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr..

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 892 out of 6,770. Before him are Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Vincent Cassel (1966), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), and Saint Remigius (437). After him are Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Paul Mauriat (1925), and Émile Borel (1871).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 118. Before him are Pierre Loti (1850), Marie de France (1101), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), and Antoine Galland (1646). After him are Charles Maurras (1868), Pierre Boulle (1912), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Jean Anouilh (1910), Max Jacob (1876), and Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657).

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