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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

1711 - 1780

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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (French: [ʒan maʁi ləpʁɛ̃s də bomɔ̃] ⓘ; 26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French author who wrote the best-known version of Beauty and the Beast, an abridged adaptation of the 1740 fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Born to a middle-class family, she was raised alongside her younger sister, Catherine Aimée. Both were provided education at a convent school and stayed on as teachers. Rather than remain and take her vow as a nun, she left for Metz, France, and became a governess for a prominent family in a court in Lunéville. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is the 1,377th most popular writer (down from 1,222nd in 2019), the 1,582nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,389th in 2019) and the 194th most popular French Writer.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is most famous for her 18th century fairy tales, including "The Beauty and the Beast" and "Puss in Boots."

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Among writers, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 1,377 out of 7,302. Before her are Georg Kaiser, Pío Baroja, Ignazio Silone, Albert Barillé, Alexander Afanasyev, and Robert de Montesquiou. After her are Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Sławomir Mrożek, Jean Chapelain, Deepak Chopra, Arsen Kotsoyev, and Jaan Kross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 10. Before her are Roger Joseph Boscovich, Laura Bassi, William IV, Prince of Orange, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Barbara of Portugal, and Ablai Khan. After her are Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, William Boyce, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Among people deceased in 1780, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 7. Before her are Maria Theresa, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Bernardo Bellotto, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, and Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena. After her are Kristijonas Donelaitis, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Hiraga Gennai, and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 1,582 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Michel Serres (1930), Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609), Georges Picquart (1854), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), and Victorinus (300). After her are Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Jean Chapelain (1595), Nicolas de Largillière (1656), Guillaume de Beaujeu (1300), Bernard Courtois (1777), and Marcel Dassault (1892).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 194. Before her are Maurice Barrès (1862), Georges Feydeau (1862), Henri Murger (1822), Paul Scarron (1610), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), and Robert de Montesquiou (1855). After her are Jean Chapelain (1595), Roland Topor (1938), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), and Fulcher of Chartres (1059).

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