WRITER

François Bégaudeau

1971 - Today

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François Bégaudeau (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa beɡodo]; born 27 April 1971) is a French novelist and essayist. He is best known for co-writing and starring in The Class (2008), a film based on his 2006 semi-autobiographical novel Entre les murs. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. François Bégaudeau is the 7,091st most popular writer (down from 6,906th in 2024), the 5,811th most popular biography from France (down from 5,663rd in 2019) and the 677th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Bégaudeau ranks 7,091 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicolas Mathieu, Yiyun Li, Joseph Finder, Cleanth Brooks, Peter Hedges, and Bharati Mukherjee. After him are Dennis Potter, Lotta Lotass, Maria Stepanova, Feridun Zaimoğlu, Daniel O. Fagunwa, and Helena Janeczek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, François Bégaudeau ranks 799. Before him are Mark Knowles, Bobby Lee, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Todd Woodbridge, Andrea Peron, and Dirk Lehmann. After him are Hallucinogen, Monica Anghel, Gilles De Bilde, Christof Duffner, Diego Torres, and Iván Rodríguez.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Bégaudeau ranks 5,811 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Mathieu (1978), Jocelyn Gourvennec (1972), Miguel Martinez (1976), Aravane Rezaï (1987), Massimo Maccarone (1979), and Benoît Paire (1989). After him are Samuel Dumoulin (1980), David Jemmali (1974), Julia Simon (1996), Timothée Kolodziejczak (1991), Patrice Lhotellier (1966), and Vincent Poirier (1993).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Bégaudeau ranks 677. Before him are Maurice G. Dantec (1959), Alexis Jenni (1963), Jérôme Ferrari (1968), Cyril Montana (1969), Laurent Gaudé (1972), and Nicolas Mathieu (1978). After him are Nina Bouraoui (1967), Ann Scott (1965), Amanda Filipacchi (1967), Gwenaëlle Aubry (1971), Philippe Méaille (1973), and Seyhan Kurt (1971).

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