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Guillaume de Lorris

1200 - 1238

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Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200 – c. 1240) was a French scholar and poet from Lorris. He was the author of the first section of the Roman de la Rose. Little is known about him, other than that he wrote the earlier section of the poem around 1230, and that the work was completed forty years later by Jean de Meun. He is only known by mention of Jean de Meun, (de Meung in French), in Roman de la Rose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume de Lorris is the 1,443rd most popular writer (up from 1,501st in 2019), the 1,655th most popular biography from France (up from 1,753rd in 2019) and the 206th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 1,443 out of 7,302. Before him are Tarjei Vesaas, James Anderson, Marcel Aymé, Jeppe Aakjær, Kenji Miyazawa, and Hierocles of Alexandria. After him are Francesco Maria Piave, Du Mu, Christine Nöstlinger, Javier Marías, Alice Walker, and Salawat Yulayev.

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Among people born in 1200, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 19. Before him are George III of Georgia, Joan, Countess of Flanders, Canute II of Sweden, Peire de Montagut, Doquz Khatun, and Shiban. After him are Mstislav II of Kiev, Marcabru, Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Anonymus, and Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 1238, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 2. Before him is Al-Kamil. After him are Henry the Bearded, Yuri II of Vladimir, Joan of England, Queen of Scotland, and John I of Trebizond.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 1,655 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Friant (1863), Claude Sautet (1924), Marcel Aymé (1902), Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille (1797), and Antoine Baumé (1728). After him are William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Charles Koechlin (1867), Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), Yves Congar (1904), Paul Lévy (1886), and Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Guillaume de Lorris ranks 206. Before him are Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), Louise Labé (1524), Philippe Soupault (1897), Vivant Denon (1747), and Marcel Aymé (1902). After him are Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Marie de Gournay (1565), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Joseph Bédier (1864).

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