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Frédéric Dard

1921 - 2000

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Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard (29 June 1921, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère, France – 6 June 2000, in Bonnefontaine, Fribourg, Switzerland)) also known under the pen name San-Antonio, was a French writer. Known as an author of crime fiction and as a humorist, he was noted for his ability to blend the two genres. Though Dard also wrote serious fiction, his most successful books used a farcical tone. During his lifetime, Dard was the best-selling French-language author in the World. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frédéric Dard is the 3,882nd most popular writer (down from 3,455th in 2019), the 3,821st most popular biography from France (down from 3,523rd in 2019) and the 486th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frédéric Dard ranks 3,882 out of 7,302. Before him are Antiphanes, Kočo Racin, Francesco de Sanctis, Robert de Clari, He Zhizhang, and Blaga Dimitrova. After him are Jacob of Edessa, Detlev von Liliencron, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Nichita Stănescu, Friederike Mayröcker, and Sergey Solovyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Frédéric Dard ranks 245. Before him are Edith Farkas, Ernesto Vidal, Bengt Danielsson, Alenush Terian, Saul Zaentz, and Giuseppe Delfino. After him are Judy Holliday, Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Jack Clayton, Kurt Adolff, and Adolf Wiklund. Among people deceased in 2000, Frédéric Dard ranks 167. Before him are Franco Donatoni, Basil Bernstein, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Stephanos Christopoulos, Robert Dienst, and Werner Klemperer. After him are Antonio Buero Vallejo, Charles Gray, George Segal, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Patricia Jones, and Liane Haid.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frédéric Dard ranks 3,821 out of 6,770. Before him are Sanchia of Provence (1225), Cecilia of Normandy (1056), Anselm of Laon (1050), Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Louis Bastien (1881), and Robert de Clari (1170). After him are André Roosevelt (1879), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Mathé Altéry (1927), Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet (1831), Cécilia Attias (1957), and Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1874).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Frédéric Dard ranks 486. Before him are Gabrielle Wittkop (1920), Dominique Fernandez (1929), Frédéric Beigbeder (1965), Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920), Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961), and Robert de Clari (1170). After him are Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Jane Dieulafoy (1851), Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Thomas Murner (1475), and Maurice Scève (1501).

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