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Henry Bataille

1872 - 1922

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Félix-Henri "Henry" Bataille (4 April 1872, in Nîmes – 2 March 1922, in Rueil-Malmaison) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were popular between 1900 and the start of World War I. Bataille's parents died when he was young. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian to study painting, but started writing when he was 14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second play, La Lépreuse, he became a playwright exclusively. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Bataille is the 4,036th most popular writer (down from 3,742nd in 2019), the 3,944th most popular biography from France (down from 3,720th in 2019) and the 500th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Bataille ranks 4,036 out of 7,302. Before her are Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Edwin Atherstone, René Guillot, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Jan Wolkers, and Davit Guramishvili. After her are Eeva Kilpi, Sanmao, Olof von Dalin, Yang Jiang, George Coșbuc, and Daniel Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Henry Bataille ranks 130. Before her are John Arthur Jarvis, Charles Murray, Gustave Sandras, Émile Henry, Hafez Ibrahim, and Johan Pitka. After her are Paul Fort, Sergei Vasilenko, Spyridon Chazapis, Paul-Émile Janson, Lorenzo Perosi, and Augusts Kirhenšteins. Among people deceased in 1922, Henry Bataille ranks 95. Before her are Iwan Bloch, William Stewart Halsted, John Munro Longyear, Louis Duchesne, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, and Ernest Lavisse. After her are Max von Hausen, Hannes Hafstein, Otto Lehmann, Jorge Montt, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, and William Henry Hudson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry Bataille ranks 3,944 out of 6,770. Before her are Henri Lebasque (1865), Eugène Flachat (1802), Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Jean-François Séguier (1703), René Guillot (1900), and Maxime Bossis (1955). After her are Philippe Sarde (1948), Bernard Pivot (1935), Jacques Soustelle (1912), Sophie, Countess of Bar (1018), Hélène Vincent (1943), and Armand Penverne (1926).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henry Bataille ranks 500. Before her are Marcel Arland (1899), Roger Vitrac (1899), Konrad Pellikan (1478), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), and René Guillot (1900). After her are Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), Paul Fort (1872), Louis Hémon (1880), Marc Levy (1961), André Schwarz-Bart (1928), and Léo Malet (1909).

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