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Jean Cayrol

1911 - 2005

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Jean Cayrol (French: [kɛʁɔl]; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1956 documentary film, Night and Fog. He was a major contributor to the subversive, philosophical French publication Tel Quel. In 1941, during the Nazi occupation of France, Cayrol joined the French Resistance, but he was subsequently betrayed, arrested, and sent to the Gusen concentration camp in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Cayrol is the 5,016th most popular writer (down from 4,968th in 2019), the 4,525th most popular biography from France (down from 4,464th in 2019) and the 569th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean Cayrol ranks 5,016 out of 7,302. Before him are León Felipe, Ælfric of Eynsham, Isabel Briggs Myers, Dmitry Furmanov, Rod Serling, and Jan Kasprowicz. After him are Jean Aicard, Edmund Wilson, Manuel Bandeira, Albert Samain, Thaddeus Bulgarin, and Louella Parsons.

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Among people born in 1911, Jean Cayrol ranks 286. Before him are Leen Vente, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Lisa Fonssagrives, Sten Suvio, and Jack Finney. After him are Alan Hovhaness, Kurt Maetzig, Sakari Tuomioja, Maurice Perrin, Constantin Stanciu, and Tokiharu Abe. Among people deceased in 2005, Jean Cayrol ranks 248. Before him are Isabella Bashmakova, Brock Peters, Gennady Sarafanov, Kihachi Okamoto, Stéphane Bruey, and Viktor Kapitonov. After him are Natalya Gundareva, Paul Halla, George Gerbner, Givi Nodia, Otar Korkia, and Tetsuo Hamuro.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Cayrol ranks 4,525 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Higelin (1940), Louis Perrée (1871), Jacques-Louis Lions (1928), Max Bense (1910), Eugène Martin (1915), and Guy de Luget (1884). After him are Bernard Morel (1925), Jean Aicard (1848), Julie Depardieu (1973), Jacques Lataste (1922), Armand Massard (1884), and Albert Samain (1858).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Cayrol ranks 569. Before him are Raymond Abellio (1907), Saint-Pol-Roux (1861), Eugène Guillevic (1907), Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680), Henry Monnier (1799), and René Bazin (1853). After him are Jean Aicard (1848), Albert Samain (1858), Hervé Guibert (1955), Jean Vautrin (1933), Paul Louis Courier (1772), and Roland Dorgelès (1885).

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