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Jacques Prévert

1900 - 1977

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Jacques Prévert (French: [ʒak pʁevɛʁ]; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). He published his first book in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Prévert is the 428th most popular writer (down from 398th in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from France (down from 468th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular French Writer.

Jacques Prévert is most famous for his poems.

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Among writers, Jacques Prévert ranks 428 out of 7,302. Before him are John Galsworthy, Propertius, Ian Fleming, Attar of Nishapur, Isabelle de Charrière, and Saint-John Perse. After him are William of Rubruck, Phillis Wheatley, Einhard, Ágota Kristóf, Gertrude Stein, and Sholem Aleichem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Jacques Prévert ranks 26. Before him are Giorgos Seferis, Adlai Stevenson II, Margaret Mitchell, Vasily Chuikov, Urho Kekkonen, and Adolf Dassler. After him are Maria of Yugoslavia, Sándor Márai, Richard Kuhn, Ragnar Granit, Alfred Newman, and Hans Fritzsche. Among people deceased in 1977, Jacques Prévert ranks 17. Before him are Ludwig Erhard, René Goscinny, Lee Miller, Anthony Eden, Roberto Rossellini, and Makarios III. After him are Ernst Bloch, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Kurt Schuschnigg, Alexey Stakhanov, Anaïs Nin, and Archibald Hill.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Prévert ranks 507 out of 6,770. Before him are Aimery of Cyprus (1172), Roger I of Sicily (1031), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), and Adolphe Adam (1803). After him are William of Rubruck (1220), Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Carus (230), Christine Lagarde (1956), and Frédéric Bazille (1841).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jacques Prévert ranks 72. Before him are Jean Genet (1910), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Paul Éluard (1895), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), and Arthur de Gobineau (1816). After him are William of Rubruck (1220), Gregory of Tours (538), Georges Bataille (1897), Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), and Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394).

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