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François Nourissier

1927 - 2011

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François Nourissier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa nuʁisje]; Paris, 18 May 1927–Paris, 15 February 2011) was a French journalist and writer. Nourissier was the secretary-general of Éditions Denoël (1952–1955), editor of the review La Parisienne (1955–1958), and an adviser with the Éditions Grasset Paris publishing house (1958–1996). In 1970, he won the Prix Femina for his book La crève. Several of his novels have been made into films and in 1973 he was a member of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Nourissier is the 6,016th most popular writer (down from 5,959th in 2019), the 5,054th most popular biography from France (down from 5,008th in 2019) and the 634th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, François Nourissier ranks 6,016 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Heywood, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Marie Pujmanová, Jean Rouaud, Carol Shields, and Marilyn Ferguson. After him are Steven Saylor, Thomas Warton, Luisa Valenzuela, Svetlana Makarovič, Tara Westover, and Edmund Gosse.

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Among people born in 1927, François Nourissier ranks 421. Before him are W. S. Merwin, Teodor Kocerka, Frank O'Farrell, Alfons Van Brandt, Raymond Leppard, and Hugo Budinger. After him are James Broderick, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Leonid Shcherbakov, Red Mitchell, Yury Kazakov, and Jiří Pešek. Among people deceased in 2011, François Nourissier ranks 412. Before him are Frank Buckles, Jack Layton, Alfons Van Brandt, Gary Speed, Annalisa Ericson, and Flemming Jørgensen. After him are Paul Motian, Lennart Magnusson, Jiří Pešek, Jean Dutourd, Masushi Ouchi, and Dietrich Stobbe.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Nourissier ranks 5,054 out of 6,770. Before him are Sami Bouajila (1966), Philippe Douste-Blazy (1953), Claire Voisin (1962), Dayot Upamecano (1998), Jean Rouaud (1952), and Jean-Marc Gounon (1963). After him are Éric Boullier (1973), Michel Giacobini (1873), Georges Grignard (1905), Dominique Baudis (1947), Isabelle Caro (1982), and Yoann Gourcuff (1986).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Nourissier ranks 634. Before him are Patrick Rambaud (1946), Alfred Capus (1858), Samuel Benchetrit (1973), Antoine Blondin (1922), Florian Zeller (1979), and Jean Rouaud (1952). After him are Danièle Sallenave (1940), Cyril Collard (1957), André Dhôtel (1900), Mathias Énard (1972), Jean-Denis Bredin (1929), and Paul Arène (1843).

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