WRITER

François Weyergans

1941 - 2019

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François Weyergans (French: [fʁɑ̃swa vɛjɛʁɡɑ̃s]; 2 August 1941 – 27 May 2019) was a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. François Weyergans was elected to the Académie française on 26 March 2009, taking the 32nd seat which became vacant with the death of Alain Robbe-Grillet in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Weyergans is the 4,793rd most popular writer (up from 5,099th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 657th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Weyergans ranks 4,793 out of 7,302. Before him are Marc Okrand, Félix María de Samaniego, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Hans Jæger, José Eduardo Agualusa, and Hans Henny Jahnn. After him are Nélida Piñon, Florence Delay, Iakob Gogebashvili, Christian Lassen, Georgi Gospodinov, and Mikhail Kheraskov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, François Weyergans ranks 411. Before him are Paddy Ashdown, Kurt Raab, Trish Van Devere, Derek Bell, Hans-Georg Reimann, and Buffy Sainte-Marie. After him are Dinko Dermendzhiev, Florence Delay, Luis Durnwalder, Torgeir Brandtzæg, Barry Flanagan, and Théoneste Bagosora. Among people deceased in 2019, François Weyergans ranks 335. Before him are Giovanni Bramucci, Billy McNeill, Therese Zenz, Abdallah Lamrani, Med Hondo, and Harley Race. After him are Dinko Dermendzhiev, Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Yvette Williams, Ben Pon, Kurt Armbruster, and Günter Kunert.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François Weyergans ranks 643 out of 1,190. Before him are Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan Diddens (1906), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), Willy Planckaert (1944), and Philippe Van Parijs (1951). After him are René Desaeyere (1947), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Jules De Bisschop (1879), Victor Mees (1927), Joël Robert (1943), and Jules de Trooz (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, François Weyergans ranks 38. Before him are FM-2030 (1930), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Willem Elsschot (1882), Suzanne Lilar (1901), and Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957). After him are Jan Frans Willems (1793), Simon Leys (1935), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Jan van Beers (1821), and Maurice Carême (1899).

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