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Fred Vargas

1957 - Today

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Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist. As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction policiers (police procedurals) have won three International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers' Association, for three successive novels: in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She is the first author to achieve such an honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Vargas is the 1,959th most popular writer (up from 1,974th in 2019), the 2,241st most popular biography from France (down from 2,232nd in 2019) and the 276th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fred Vargas ranks 1,959 out of 7,302. Before her are Almeida Garrett, James Murray, José Zorrilla, Felice Orsini, Charles de Brosses, and Leopoldo Alas. After her are Thomas Kyd, Theophylact of Ohrid, Basil Valentine, James Herriot, Agnes Smedley, and Marin Držić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Fred Vargas ranks 89. Before her are Klaus Augenthaler, Ricardo Darín, Phil Murphy, Caroline Kennedy, Mark Eaton, and Emmanuel Carrère. After her are Antonio Cabrini, Mikhail Kasyanov, Ahmet Kaya, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Tony Martin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fred Vargas ranks 2,241 out of 6,770. Before her are Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), Alizée (1984), Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641), Philippe Troussier (1955), Charles de Brosses (1709), and Louis Anquetin (1861). After her are Théo Sarapo (1936), Amédée Ozenfant (1886), Robert Estienne (1503), Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1648), Avitus of Vienne (450), and Éric Zemmour (1958).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Fred Vargas ranks 276. Before her are Christian Jacq (1947), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Jean Paulhan (1884), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), and Charles de Brosses (1709). After her are Avitus of Vienne (450), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean Bruller (1902), Savitri Devi (1905), Augustin Barruel (1741), and Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669).

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