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Germaine de Staël

1766 - 1817

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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (French: [an lwiz ʒɛʁmɛn də stal ɔlstajn]; née Necker; 22 April 1766 – 14 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël ( də-STAHL; French: [madam də stal]), was a prominent philosopher, woman of letters, and political theorist in both Parisian and Genevan intellectual circles. She was the daughter of banker and French finance minister Jacques Necker and Suzanne Curchod, a respected salonist and writer. Throughout her life, she held a moderate stance during the tumultuous periods of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, persisting until the time of the French Restoration. Her presence at critical events such as the Estates General of 1789 and the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen underscored her engagement in the political discourse of her time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Germaine de Staël is the 282nd most popular writer (down from 248th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from France (down from 298th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Writer.

Germaine de Staël was a French-Swiss author who is most famous for her novel Corinne, or Italy, which was published in 1807.

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Among writers, Germaine de Staël ranks 282 out of 7,302. Before her are Gao Xingjian, Pär Lagerkvist, Anna Komnene, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Valmiki. After her are Isabel Allende, Kenzaburō Ōe, Pierre Corneille, Ludovico Ariosto, Marcus Terentius Varro, and Eckhart Tolle.

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Among people born in 1766, Germaine de Staël ranks 4. Before her are John Dalton, Thomas Robert Malthus, and Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. After her are Charlotte, Princess Royal, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Nikolay Karamzin, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, William Hyde Wollaston, Johanna Schopenhauer, and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. Among people deceased in 1817, Germaine de Staël ranks 4. Before her are Jane Austen, Princess Charlotte of Wales, and Tadeusz Kościuszko. After her are Charles Messier, André Masséna, Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Germaine de Staël ranks 313 out of 6,770. Before her are Gilles de Rais (1405), Robert II of France (972), Josquin des Prez (1450), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Jean Gabin (1904), and Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775). After her are Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Pierre Corneille (1606), Joseph Fouché (1759), Patrick Modiano (1945), and Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Germaine de Staël ranks 45. Before her are Frédéric Mistral (1830), George Sand (1804), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Annie Ernaux (1940), and Prosper Mérimée (1803). After her are Pierre Corneille (1606), Patrick Modiano (1945), Alphonse Daudet (1840), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), and Chrétien de Troyes (1135).

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