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Jean Ray

1887 - 1964

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Jean Ray is the best-known pseudonym among the many used by Raymundus Joannes de Kremer (8 July 1887 – 17 September 1964), a prolific Belgian (Flemish) writer. Although he wrote journalism, stories for young readers in Dutch by the name John Flanders, and scenarios for comic strips and detective stories, he is best known for his tales of the fantastique written in French under the name Jean Ray. Among speakers of English, he is famous for his macabre novel Malpertuis (1943), which was filmed by Harry Kümel in 1971 (starring Orson Welles). He also used the pseudonyms John Flanders, King Ray, Alix R. Bantam and Sailor John, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Ray is the 2,691st most popular writer (down from 2,642nd in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 369th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Ray ranks 2,691 out of 7,302. Before him are Terry Goodkind, Parvin E'tesami, Dagny Juel, Yu Kil-chun, Anvari, and Noor Inayat Khan. After him are Ennin, Eugène Burnouf, Patrick Pearse, Sāyaṇa, Valentin Kataev, and Sima Tan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jean Ray ranks 118. Before him are James Finlayson, Frigyes Karinthy, Andrei Shkuro, Hector Hodler, Vladimir Smirnov, and Kurt Atterberg. After him are Sydir Kovpak, Arthur Percival, Simon Kimbangu, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Salama Moussa, and Otto Schniewind. Among people deceased in 1964, Jean Ray ranks 81. Before him are Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Samuil Marshak, Flaminio Bertoni, Hugo Koblet, Hermann Breith, and Rauf Orbay. After him are Ben Hecht, Otto Schniewind, Aleksander Zawadzki, Khawaja Nazimuddin, Joseph Marx, and Gustav-Adolf von Zangen.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Ray ranks 378 out of 1,190. Before him are Freddy Maertens (1952), Paul Anspach (1882), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Gaston Reiff (1921), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), and Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872). After him are Stradanus (1523), André Delvaux (1926), Giaches de Wert (1535), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919), and David Teniers the Elder (1582).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jean Ray ranks 23. Before him are Guido Gezelle (1830), William of Moerbeke (1215), Jean Bolland (1596), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Amélie Nothomb (1967), and Heinrich von Veldeke (1150). After him are Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Felix Timmermans (1886), Jan Gruter (1560), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), and Camille Lemonnier (1844).

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