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Jean-Claude Carrière

1931 - 2021

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Jean-Claude Carrière (French: [ka.ʁjɛʁ]; 17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing Heureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay in The Return of Martin Guerre (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Claude Carrière is the 1,026th most popular writer (up from 1,027th in 2019), the 1,189th most popular biography from France (down from 1,164th in 2019) and the 151st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-Claude Carrière ranks 1,026 out of 7,302. Before him are Eleanor H. Porter, Ann Radcliffe, John Fowles, Gregory Skovoroda, Egeria, and Madeleine de Scudéry. After him are Alexandra David-Néel, Edith Södergran, Paulinus of Nola, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Robert van Gulik, and Raymond Radiguet.

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Among people born in 1931, Jean-Claude Carrière ranks 68. Before him are John Robert Schrieffer, Faten Hamama, Ettore Scola, Syukuro Manabe, Lucia Bosè, and Arawa Kimura. After him are Jacques Demy, Ken Takakura, Alfred Brendel, Rita Moreno, Stanislav Grof, and Klaus Hasselmann. Among people deceased in 2021, Jean-Claude Carrière ranks 61. Before him are E. O. Wilson, Donald Rumsfeld, Wilbur Smith, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Sam Jones, and Betty White. After him are Jorge Medina, Abdul Qadeer Khan, John Magufuli, Pat Hitchcock, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Osamu Yamaji.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Carrière ranks 1,189 out of 6,770. Before him are Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Jean Gerson (1363), Robert de Sorbon (1201), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), and Robert I, Count of Artois (1216). After him are Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Luis Federico Leloir (1906), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401), Paulinus of Nola (354), and Anne L'Huillier (1958).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Claude Carrière ranks 151. Before him are Jacques Hébert (1757), Joachim du Bellay (1522), André Bazin (1918), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Clément Marot (1495), and Madeleine de Scudéry (1607). After him are Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Paulinus of Nola (354), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Bertran de Born (1140), Jacques Clément (1567), and Alfred de Vigny (1797).

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