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Eugène Scribe

1791 - 1861

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Augustin Eugène Scribe (French: [oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn skʁib]; 24 December 1791 – 20 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of many of the most successful grand operas and opéras-comiques. Born to a middle-class Parisian family, Scribe was intended for a legal career, but was drawn to the theatre, and began writing plays while still in his teens. His early years as a playwright were unsuccessful, but from 1815 onwards he prospered. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Scribe is the 850th most popular writer (up from 895th in 2019), the 1,004th most popular biography from France (up from 1,014th in 2019) and the 128th most popular French Writer.

Eugène Scribe was a French dramatist and librettist who is most famous for writing the libretto for "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro."

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Among writers, Eugène Scribe ranks 850 out of 7,302. Before him are Franz Grillparzer, Jin Yong, Karl Harrer, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Bernart de Ventadorn, and Ali Shariati. After him are Michael Crichton, Menippus, Jonas Lie, Andrea Camilleri, Julian Barnes, and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria.

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Among people born in 1791, Eugène Scribe ranks 14. Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Bopp, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Francesco Hayez, Johann Franz Encke, and Franz Grillparzer. After him are Robert Knox, István Széchenyi, Félix Savart, Peter Cooper, Friedrich Parrot, and Alexandros Mavrokordatos. Among people deceased in 1861, Eugène Scribe ranks 14. Before him are Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Lola Montez, and Ranavalona I. After him are Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Elisha Otis, Henri Murger, Lars Levi Laestadius, and Eugène de Mazenod.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 1,004 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), Claude Jade (1948), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Fromental Halévy (1799). After him are Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Jacques Perrin (1941), Caterina Valente (1931), Lili Boulanger (1893), and Gabriel Lamé (1795).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 128. Before him are Jean Anouilh (1910), Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), Alain-René Lesage (1668), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135). After him are Georges Bernanos (1888), Laura de Noves (1310), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), and Maurice Druon (1918).

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