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Eugène Dabit

1898 - 1936

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Eugene Dabit (21 September 1898 in Mers-les-Bains – 21 August 1936 in Sevastopol) was a French socialist writer. He was part of the group "proletarian literature" and had a great success for his novel L'Hôtel du Nord which won the du Prix du roman populiste and was filmed in 1938 by Marcel Carné. He maintained an important correspondence with Roger Martin du Gard. Dabit was a friend and literary and political associate of André Gide; he died of an illness while accompanying Gide on a trip to the Soviet Union in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Dabit is the 5,590th most popular writer (up from 5,640th in 2019), the 4,837th most popular biography from France (down from 4,819th in 2019) and the 614th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Eugène Dabit ranks 5,590 out of 7,302. Before him are Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, Axel Merckx, Patricia Wrightson, Varsha Adalja, Semir Osmanagić, and Ion Agârbiceanu. After him are Robert Herrick, Martin Cruz Smith, Thomas Linacre, Fatos Arapi, Conrad Hall, and Lester del Rey.

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Among people born in 1898, Eugène Dabit ranks 256. Before him are Loren Murchison, Erik Abrahamsson, Mario Mattoli, Leila Denmark, Édouard Candeveau, and Carl Johnson. After him are Vincent Youmans, Gregor Wentzel, Konstantinos Dovas, Antonio Urdinarán, Domingo Acedo, and Scott O'Dell. Among people deceased in 1936, Eugène Dabit ranks 178. Before him are Lorenzo Mangiante, M. R. James, Arthur Amundsen, Teresa de la Parra, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and Jean Jacoby. After him are Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Gunnar Höjer, Alan Crosland, J. Slauerhoff, Ivan Fomin, and Hermanus Brockmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Dabit ranks 4,837 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Vignerot (1879), André Chorda (1938), Luc Alphand (1965), Edmond Baraffe (1942), Jacques Rouffio (1928), and Jacques Mairesse (1905). After him are Christine Pascal (1953), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Claude Papi (1949), Raphaël Poirée (1974), Roschdy Zem (1965), and Michelle Perrot (1928).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Dabit ranks 614. Before him are Jeanne Dumée (1660), Teresa de la Parra (1889), René Benjamin (1885), Armand Lanoux (1913), Léon Frapié (1863), and Michel Deguy (1930). After him are Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), Olivier Rolin (1947), Delphine de Vigan (1966), Jean-Paul Dubois (1950), Charles Le Goffic (1863), and Alain Decaux (1925).

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