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George Sand

1804 - 1876

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Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (French: [amɑ̃tin lysil oʁɔʁ dypɛ̃]; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) sɑ̃d]), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She has more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels. Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand advocated for women's rights and passion, criticized the institution of marriage, and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Sand is the 215th most popular writer (down from 97th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from France (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Writer.

George Sand was a French novelist who wrote under the male pseudonym of George Sand. She is most famous for her novels, especially Lélia, which was published in 1833.

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Among writers, George Sand ranks 215 out of 7,302. Before her are Terry Pratchett, Terence, Frédéric Mistral, Karel Čapek, Carlo Goldoni, and Pearl S. Buck. After her are Roger Martin du Gard, Janusz Korczak, Constantine VII, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Torquato Tasso, and Chinghiz Aitmatov.

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Among people born in 1804, George Sand ranks 3. Before her are Johann Strauss I, and Ludwig Feuerbach. After her are Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Franklin Pierce, Benjamin Disraeli, Mikhail Glinka, Emil Lenz, Allan Kardec, Marie Taglioni, and Mongkut. Among people deceased in 1876, George Sand ranks 3. Before her are Mikhail Bakunin, and Abdülaziz. After her are Wild Bill Hickok, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Karl Ernst von Baer, George Armstrong Custer, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Truganini, Catherine Labouré, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Ildefons Cerdà.

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In France

Among people born in France, George Sand ranks 245 out of 6,770. Before her are Louis X of France (1289), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Georges Seurat (1859), Bernard Arnault (1949), Léon Foucault (1819), and Vilfredo Pareto (1848). After her are Gustave Le Bon (1841), Berthe Morisot (1841), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Camille Claudel (1864), and Henri Moissan (1852).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, George Sand ranks 40. Before her are Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Petronius (27), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), and Frédéric Mistral (1830). After her are Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Annie Ernaux (1940), Prosper Mérimée (1803), Germaine de Staël (1766), and Pierre Corneille (1606).

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