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Jean-Claude Izzo

1945 - 2000

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Jean-Claude Izzo (20 June 1945 – 26 January 2000) was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels Total Chaos, Chourmo, and Solea (widely known as the Marseilles Trilogy), featuring as protagonist ex-cop Fabio Montale, and set in the author's native city of Marseille. All have been translated into English by Howard Curtis. Jean-Claude Izzo was born on 20 June 1945 in Marseille, France. His father was an Italian immigrant from Castel San Giorgio (Province of Salerno) and his maternal grandfather was a Spanish immigrant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Claude Izzo is the 3,472nd most popular writer (down from 3,359th in 2019), the 3,539th most popular biography from France (down from 3,452nd in 2019) and the 451st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 3,472 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernard Maris, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Jojo Moyes, Samad Behrangi, Hermann Rauschning, and Peter James. After him are Giuseppe Parini, Nima Yooshij, Manès Sperber, Oles Honchar, Jean-Louis de Rambures, and Valentin Vodnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 299. Before him are Romeo Benetti, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Bob Peck, Jim Davis, Christophe, and Jean Ragnotti. After him are Wyomia Tyus, Bob Balaban, Tom Segev, Pietro Grasso, Edoardo Reja, and Sandro de América. Among people deceased in 2000, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 148. Before him are René Favaloro, George Volkoff, Gérard Blain, Elek Schwartz, Jean Carzou, and Jerzy Giedroyc. After him are Henck Arron, Hélène Prévost, Ahmad Shamlou, Wojciech Has, Dorino Serafini, and Ernst Jandl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 3,539 out of 6,770. Before him are Gérard Grisey (1946), Laetitia Casta (1978), Déodat de Séverac (1872), Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), Libéral Bruant (1636), and Bernard Maris (1946). After him are Arthur Morin (1795), Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918), Louis Faidherbe (1818), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Lucien Aimar (1941), and Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 451. Before him are Anna Gavalda (1970), Johann Fischart (1546), Michel Ocelot (1943), Remigius of Auxerre (841), Gérard de Villiers (1929), and Bernard Maris (1946). After him are Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), Isaac de Benserade (1613), René Barjavel (1911), Max Aub (1909), Édouard Drumont (1844), and Max Gallo (1932).

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