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Françoise Sagan

1935 - 2004

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Françoise Sagan (French: [fʁɑ̃swaz saɡɑ̃]; born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first, Bonjour Tristesse (1954), which was written when she was a teenager. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Sagan is the 473rd most popular writer (down from 309th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from France (down from 348th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Writer.

Françoise Sagan is most famous for her novel, "Bonjour Tristesse."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Françoise Sagan ranks 473 out of 7,302. Before her are Eugene O'Neill, Alessandro Manzoni, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Erich von Däniken, Tulsidas, and Mo Yan. After her are Lactantius, André Maurois, Karl Barth, Ken Follett, Savitribai Phule, and France Prešeren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Françoise Sagan ranks 26. Before her are Theo Angelopoulos, David Prowse, John Saxon, Ágota Kristóf, Erich von Däniken, and David Harvey. After her are Omar Sívori, Edward Said, Fairuz, John Cazale, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Ei-ichi Negishi. Among people deceased in 2004, Françoise Sagan ranks 16. Before her are Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Crick, Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, and Susan Sontag. After her are Christopher Reeve, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Janet Leigh, and Sune Bergström.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Sagan ranks 555 out of 6,770. Before her are Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), Léon Blum (1872), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), and Maurice Béjart (1927). After her are Paul Delaroche (1797), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), André Maurois (1885), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Françoise Sagan ranks 79. Before her are William of Rubruck (1220), Gregory of Tours (538), Georges Bataille (1897), Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), and Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394). After her are André Maurois (1885), René Guénon (1886), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Paul Claudel (1868), and Hector Malot (1830).

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