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Jacques Chessex

1934 - 2009

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Jacques Chessex (Payerne, 1 March 1934 – Yverdon-les-Bains, 9 October 2009) was a Swiss author and painter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Chessex is the 5,386th most popular writer (down from 5,081st in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 529th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacques Chessex ranks 5,386 out of 7,302. Before him are Furqat, Fang Fang, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Guerra Junqueiro, and László Németh. After him are Herman Teirlinck, Andrew Murray, Frank O'Hara, Per Olof Sundman, Umihana Čuvidina, and Anne V. Coates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jacques Chessex ranks 414. Before him are Herwig Wolfram, Miroslav Koranda, Britt Strandberg, Jayakanthan, Nikola Kovachev, and Tullio Baraglia. After him are Pino Caruso, Buta Singh, Phil Ramone, James Franciscus, Henry Cooper, and Mark Strand. Among people deceased in 2009, Jacques Chessex ranks 284. Before him are Nelson Demarco, Héctor Facundo, Nikola Kovachev, Harve Presnell, Ji Xianlin, and Jacques Baratier. After him are Idea Vilariño, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ine Schäffer, Gayatri Devi, Luciano Emmer, and Héctor Rossetto.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacques Chessex ranks 575 out of 1,015. Before him are Mario Frick (1974), Marc Rosset (1970), Bernard Challandes (1951), Richard Dürr (1938), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), and Toni Branca (1916). After him are Alfred Neveu (1890), Lauro Amadò (1912), Jo Vonlanthen (1942), Walter Graf (1937), Georges Trombert (1874), and Jean-Denis Délétraz (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Jacques Chessex ranks 50. Before him are Urs Widmer (1938), Martin Suter (1948), Adolf Muschg (1934), Béatrix Beck (1914), Joël Dicker (1985), and Alain de Botton (1969). After him are Kurt Marti (1921), Christian Kracht (1966), Peter Stamm (1963), Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1978), and Owen Gleiberman (1959).

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