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Gabriel Matzneff

1936 - Today

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Gabriel Michel Hippolyte Matzneff (born 12 August 1936) is a French writer and pedophile. He was the winner of the Mottard and Amic awards from the Académie française in 1987 and 2009 respectively, the Prix Renaudot essay in 2013 and the Prix Cazes in 2015. He is also known for his descriptions of his pedophilia and child sex tourism in print, online, and on television. Matzneff described his pedophilia and child sex tourism in some of his books and on his website, and even in television appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Matzneff is the 2,412th most popular writer (down from 2,312th in 2019), the 2,659th most popular biography from France (down from 2,591st in 2019) and the 334th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gabriel Matzneff ranks 2,412 out of 7,302Before him are Henry Louis Gates Jr., Valery Larbaud, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Karl Gutzkow, Gu Yanwu, and Abdulah Sidran. After him are Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Alexander Fadeyev, Renaud Camus, James Boswell, and Esaias Tegnér.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Gabriel Matzneff ranks 183Before him are Juliette Mayniel, Hermeto Pascoal, Solomon Burke, Šaban Bajramović, Jozef Vengloš, and Norma Aleandro. After him are Joaquín Peiró, Valentín Paniagua, Andrej Kvašňák, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Carla Bley, and Slava Metreveli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Matzneff ranks 2,659 out of 6,770Before him are Augustin Pajou (1730), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), Jacques de Vitry (1170), Louison Bobet (1925), Valery Larbaud (1881), and Georges Guynemer (1894). After him are Sébastien Loeb (1974), Pierre Leroux (1797), Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487), and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gabriel Matzneff ranks 334Before him are Catherine Breillat (1948), André Frossard (1915), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Paul Adam (1862), Pascal Bruckner (1948), and Valery Larbaud (1881). After him are Renaud Camus (1946), Marius Aventicensis (532), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Jacques Roubaud (1932), Eugène Marin Labiche (1815), and Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829).