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Gaston Leroux

1868 - 1927

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ lwi alfʁɛd ləʁu]; 6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1907 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Leroux is the 585th most popular writer (down from 541st in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from France (down from 634th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Writer.

Gaston Leroux is most famous for writing the novel "The Phantom of the Opera."

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Among writers, Gaston Leroux ranks 585 out of 7,302. Before him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Walther von der Vogelweide, John Donne, Ulrich von Hutten, Bai Juyi, and Adam de la Halle. After him are Patrick Süskind, Khaled al-Asaad, Bohumil Hrabal, Gérard de Nerval, George Eliot, and William Makepeace Thackeray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Gaston Leroux ranks 26. Before him are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Theodore William Richards, Peter Behrens, Paul Claudel, S. P. L. Sørensen, and Gertrude Bell. After him are Gustav Meyrink, August Horch, Felix Hoffmann, Dietrich Eckart, Edmond Rostand, and Charles Maurras. Among people deceased in 1927, Gaston Leroux ranks 9. Before him are Carlota of Mexico, Ferdinand I of Romania, Willem Einthoven, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Juan Gris, and Albrecht Kossel. After him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Hugo Ball, Andranik, Jerome K. Jerome, Georg Brandes, and Kang Youwei.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston Leroux ranks 693 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Judith of Bavaria (797), Robert Bresson (1901), Marie Tussaud (1761), Adam de la Halle (1245), and Hugh the Great (898). After him are Jacques Anquetil (1934), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Francis Picabia (1879), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), and Maurice Gamelin (1872).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gaston Leroux ranks 96. Before him are Camille Flammarion (1842), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), and Adam de la Halle (1245). After him are Gérard de Nerval (1808), Georges Perec (1936), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ausonius (310), and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741).

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