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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

1597 - 1654

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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654) was a French author in Baroque Précieuses style, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. He was one of the founding members of the Académie française. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac is the 1,744th most popular writer (up from 1,964th in 2019), the 2,018th most popular biography from France (up from 2,224th in 2019) and the 248th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 1,744 out of 7,302. Before him are Arne Garborg, Jack Vance, Yosano Akiko, Xu Shen, J.-H. Rosny aîné, and Josep Pla. After him are Fernando Arrabal, Moschus, Stanisław Wyspiański, Rick Riordan, Ivan Klíma, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 9. Before him are Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Francesco Barberini, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Martin Opitz, and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. After him are Justus Sustermans, François Duquesnoy, Luigi Rossi, Johann Liss, John Francis Regis, and Senhime. Among people deceased in 1654, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 11. Before him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Samuel Scheidt, İslâm III Giray, and Peter Claver. After him are Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Matei Basarab, Ole Worm, Athanasius III of Constantinople, and John Selden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 2,018 out of 6,770. Before him are Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Albert Sarraut (1872), André Tardieu (1876), Camille Chautemps (1885), and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649). After him are Jacques Thibaud (1880), Isabella, Countess of Vertus (1348), André Marie Constant Duméril (1774), Paul Poiret (1879), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), and Jean Calas (1698).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 248. Before him are Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Varro Atacinus (-82), Anne Desclos (1907), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), and Antoine de Montchrestien (1575). After him are Adalberon (947), Dominique Venner (1935), François Coppée (1842), Francis Jammes (1868), Raymond Roussel (1877), and Julien Gracq (1910).

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