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Georges Bataille

1897 - 1962

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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; French: [ʒɔʁʒ batɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including post-structuralism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Bataille is the 439th most popular writer (down from 379th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from France (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 75th most popular French Writer.

Georges Bataille is most famous for his philosophy and writings on transgression, which he defines as the deliberate violation of a taboo.

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Among writers, Georges Bataille ranks 439 out of 7,302. Before him are Gertrude Stein, Sholem Aleichem, Joseph Brodsky, Sergei Yesenin, Sándor Márai, and Gregory of Tours. After him are Fausto Cercignani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Qu Yuan, Henri Barbusse, Vuk Karadžić, and Jim Corbett.

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Among people born in 1897, Georges Bataille ranks 20. Before him are Ludwig Erhard, Yun Posun, Jiroemon Kimura, Anthony Eden, Lucky Luciano, and Wilhelm Reich. After him are Odd Hassel, Louis Aragon, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ferenc Szálasi, Frank Capra, and Gordon Allport. Among people deceased in 1962, Georges Bataille ranks 12. Before him are William Faulkner, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Stuart Sutcliffe, Karen Blixen, Lucky Luciano, and Arthur Compton. After him are Princess Marie Bonaparte, Gaston Bachelard, Yves Klein, Hans Luther, Auguste Piccard, and René Coty.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Bataille ranks 518 out of 6,770. Before him are Christine Lagarde (1956), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Camille Desmoulins (1760), René Laennec (1781), Gregory of Tours (538), and Edgard Varèse (1883). After him are Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Joseph Black (1728), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Joan I of Navarre (1273), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Suger (1080).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Georges Bataille ranks 75. Before him are Paul Éluard (1895), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Jacques Prévert (1900), William of Rubruck (1220), and Gregory of Tours (538). After him are Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Françoise Sagan (1935), André Maurois (1885), and René Guénon (1886).

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