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Florence Delay

1941 - 2025

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Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; 19 March 1941 – 1 July 2025) was a French writer and actress. She was a member of the Académie française from 2000. Delay notably wrote novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and translated texts from Spanish. Delay was also known for portraying Joan of Arc in the 1962 Robert Bresson film The Trial of Joan of Arc. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florence Delay is the 4,795th most popular writer (down from 4,783rd in 2019), the 4,403rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,364th in 2019) and the 558th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Florence Delay ranks 4,795 out of 7,302Before her are Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Hans Jæger, José Eduardo Agualusa, Hans Henny Jahnn, François Weyergans, and Nélida Piñon. After her are Iakob Gogebashvili, Christian Lassen, Georgi Gospodinov, Mikhail Kheraskov, Rosa Chacel, and Sevasti Qiriazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Florence Delay ranks 413Before her are Trish Van Devere, Derek Bell, Hans-Georg Reimann, Buffy Sainte-Marie, François Weyergans, and Dinko Dermendzhiev. After her are Luis Durnwalder, Torgeir Brandtzæg, Barry Flanagan, Théoneste Bagosora, Howden Ganley, and Karel Urbánek. Among people deceased in 2025, Florence Delay ranks 198Before her are Kim Sae-ron, Ruth Buzzi, Alf Clausen, Léon Krier, Peter McParland, and Julius Chan. After her are Bernd Cullmann, Ileana Silai, David Johansen, Alvaro Vitali, Angie Stone, and Joseph Wambaugh.

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In France

Among people born in France, Florence Delay ranks 4,403 out of 6,770Before her are René Bondoux (1905), Pierre Puiseux (1855), Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), Jacques-Pierre Amette (1943), Paul Passy (1859), and Princess Marie of Denmark (1976). After her are Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954), Charles Mayer (1882), Athina Onassis (1985), Willy Ronis (1910), Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908), and Antoine Duhamel (1925).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Florence Delay ranks 558Before her are Hervé Le Tellier (1957), Henri Béraud (1885), Philippe Djian (1949), Jean Tardieu (1903), Frédérick Tristan (1931), and Jacques-Pierre Amette (1943). After her are Gilles Perrault (1931), Jakob Abbadie (1654), Valentin Conrart (1603), Joseph Roumanille (1818), Raymond Abellio (1907), and Saint-Pol-Roux (1861).