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Jean Paulhan

1884 - 1968

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Jean Paulhan (2 December 1884 – 9 October 1968) was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF) from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member (Seat 6, 1963–68) of the Académie française. He was born in Nîmes (Gard) and died in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Paulhan is the 1,939th most popular writer (up from 2,032nd in 2019), the 2,223rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,293rd in 2019) and the 273rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Paulhan ranks 1,939 out of 7,302. Before him are Chuck Palahniuk, Alexander Polyhistor, Don Juan Manuel, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Maria Shriver, and Eustache Deschamps. After him are Ludwig Uhland, Sanai, Dorothy L. Sayers, Emmanuel Carrère, Nicanor Parra, and Laura Mancinelli.

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Among people born in 1884, Jean Paulhan ranks 65. Before him are Yasuji Okamura, Drastamat Kanayan, Corrado Gini, Georges Duhamel, Rómulo Gallegos, and Georg Lindemann. After him are Mikhail Borodin, Helene Deutsch, Joseph Boxhall, Clark L. Hull, Alexander Belyaev, and Ivan Maisky. Among people deceased in 1968, Jean Paulhan ranks 71. Before him are Hans F. K. Günther, Nikolay Voronov, Jo Schlesser, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Soraya Tarzi, and Fedor Tokarev. After him are Paul Radmilovic, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Cassandre, Tivadar Soros, Fyodor Okhlopkov, and Santos Iriarte.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Paulhan ranks 2,223 out of 6,770. Before him are David Ginola (1967), Pierre Fournier (1906), Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), Joséphin Péladan (1858), Eustache Deschamps (1346), and Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487). After him are Nicholas of Verdun (1130), César Baldaccini (1921), John, Duke of Touraine (1398), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), René Pleven (1901), and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Paulhan ranks 273. Before him are Émile Augier (1820), Hincmar (806), Zygmunt Krasiński (1812), Christian Jacq (1947), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), and Eustache Deschamps (1346). After him are Emmanuel Carrère (1957), Charles de Brosses (1709), Fred Vargas (1957), Avitus of Vienne (450), Éric Zemmour (1958), and Jean Bruller (1902).

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