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François-René de Chateaubriand

1768 - 1848

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François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the nineteenth century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition. In an age when large numbers of intellectuals turned against the Church, he authored the Génie du christianisme in defense of the Catholic faith. His works include the autobiography Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe (Memoirs from Beyond the Grave), published posthumously in 1849–1850. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-René de Chateaubriand is the 198th most popular writer (down from 173rd in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from France (down from 211th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Writer.

François-René de Chateaubriand is most famous for his memoirs.

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Among writers, François-René de Chateaubriand ranks 198 out of 7,302. Before him are Petronius, Georges Simenon, Tove Jansson, Fuzûlî, Johannes V. Jensen, and Menander. After him are Orhan Pamuk, Friedrich Hölderlin, Joseph Conrad, Geoffrey Chaucer, Aldous Huxley, and Imre Kertész.

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Among people born in 1768, François-René de Chateaubriand ranks 3. Before him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Joseph Fourier. After him are Joseph Bonaparte, Charlotte Corday, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Frederick VI of Denmark, Karađorđe, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, and Louis Desaix. Among people deceased in 1848, François-René de Chateaubriand ranks 5. Before him are Gaetano Donizetti, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Emily Brontë, and Christian VIII of Denmark. After him are George Stephenson, John Quincy Adams, Caroline Herschel, Bernard Bolzano, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Vissarion Belinsky, and María Isabella of Spain.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-René de Chateaubriand ranks 221 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles the Bold (1433), Jacques Cousteau (1910), Jeanne Calment (1875), Henri Rousseau (1844), Frédéric Passy (1822), and Louis XI of France (1423). After him are Carloman I (751), Brigitte Macron (1953), Henry Cavendish (1731), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), Alfred Sisley (1839), and Gustave Doré (1832).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François-René de Chateaubriand ranks 38. Before him are Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Jean Racine (1639), Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), and Petronius (27). After him are Frédéric Mistral (1830), George Sand (1804), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Annie Ernaux (1940), and Prosper Mérimée (1803).

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