WRITER

Jean de Meun

1240 - 1305

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Jean de Meun (or de Meung, French: [ʒɑ̃ də mœ̃]) (c. 1240 – c. 1305) was a French author best known for his continuation of the Roman de la Rose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean de Meun is the 1,566th most popular writer (up from 1,621st in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from France (up from 1,892nd in 2019) and the 224th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean de Meun ranks 1,566 out of 7,302. Before him are Felice Romani, Joseph Karo, Forough Farrokhzad, Lina Heydrich, Al-Khansa, and Ödön von Horváth. After him are Gottfried August Bürger, Hermann Bahr, Lord Alfred Douglas, Namdev, Solomon Northup, and Usama ibn Munqidh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Jean de Meun ranks 15. Before him are Siger of Brabant, Pietro Cavallini, Magnus III of Sweden, Elizabeth the Cuman, Konstantin Tih, and Albert II, Margrave of Meissen. After him are Emperor Duzong, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Theodora Palaiologina, Andronikos II of Trebizond, John I Doukas of Thessaly, and Butigeidis. Among people deceased in 1305, Jean de Meun ranks 10. Before him are Joan I of Navarre, Roger de Flor, Guy, Count of Flanders, Emperor Kameyama, Nicholas of Tolentino, and Roger of Lauria. After him are Maximus Planudes, Moses de León, Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, John II, Duke of Brittany, and Qian Xuan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean de Meun ranks 1,806 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Cornet (1884), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), Joseph Fesch (1763), Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), and Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721). After him are David d'Angers (1788), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), Constant Troyon (1810), Georg Muffat (1653), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), and Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean de Meun ranks 224. Before him are Jules de Goncourt (1830), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Alphonse Allais (1854), Henri de Régnier (1864), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), and Auguste Maquet (1813). After him are Remy de Gourmont (1858), Jules Romains (1885), Théodore de Banville (1823), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), and Charles Paul de Kock (1793).

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