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Georges Perec

1936 - 1982

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Georges Perec (French: [ʒɔʁʒ peʁɛk]; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust. Many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Perec is the 592nd most popular writer (down from 560th in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from France (down from 650th in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Writer.

Georges Perec is most famous for his novel Life A User's Manual, in which he uses a variety of writing techniques to tell the story of a Parisian apartment building.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georges Perec ranks 592 out of 7,302. Before him are Patrick Süskind, Khaled al-Asaad, Bohumil Hrabal, Gérard de Nerval, George Eliot, and William Makepeace Thackeray. After him are Antoine François Prévost, Denis of Portugal, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Su Shi, Robert Burns, and Bell hooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Georges Perec ranks 36. Before him are Richard Bach, Dennis Hopper, Günter Blobel, Uwe Seeler, Gerhard Ertl, and Robert Downey Sr.. After him are Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Clark, Alan J. Heeger, Roy Orbison, Tariq Aziz, and Buddy Holly. Among people deceased in 1982, Georges Perec ranks 29. Before him are Gilles Villeneuve, Glenn Gould, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Barack Obama Sr., Hugo Theorell, and Gala Dalí. After him are Hugh Everett III, Mikhail Suslov, Władysław Gomułka, Jacques Tati, C. R. Swart, and Curd Jürgens.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Perec ranks 704 out of 6,770. Before him are Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), and Pierre Augereau (1757). After him are Clotilde (475), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Nicole Oresme (1323), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), and Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Georges Perec ranks 98. Before him are Anaïs Nin (1903), Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), Adam de la Halle (1245), Gaston Leroux (1868), and Gérard de Nerval (1808). After him are Antoine François Prévost (1697), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ausonius (310), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), and Louise de La Vallière (1644).

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