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José Giovanni

1923 - 2004

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José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel Danos in his 1960 film Classe tous risques, overlooking that they had been members of the French Gestapo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Giovanni is the 2,732nd most popular writer (up from 3,196th in 2019), the 2,951st most popular biography from France (up from 3,319th in 2019) and the 374th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, José Giovanni ranks 2,732 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Ondaatje, Franz Overbeck, Pierre Gringore, Tadeusz Różewicz, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, and Pauline von Metternich. After him are Branwell Brontë, Philippe de Mornay, Isidora Sekulić, George Herbert, Sholem Asch, and Giraut de Bornelh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, José Giovanni ranks 161. Before him are Constantin Dăscălescu, Betsy Blair, Anita Björk, Hans Riegel, Elisabeth Becker, and Naziha al-Dulaimi. After him are Jozef Lenárt, Andrés Rodríguez, Cathy O'Donnell, Cesare Siepi, Morris Halle, and Ferenc Szusza. Among people deceased in 2004, José Giovanni ranks 119. Before him are Michael Grant, Kalevi Sorsa, Rafael Eitan, Jean Lefebvre, Czesław Niemen, and Steve Lacy. After him are Jozef Lenárt, Jacques Georges, Alexandra Ripley, Jesús Gil, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, and René Laloux.

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In France

Among people born in France, José Giovanni ranks 2,951 out of 6,770. Before him are Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (1639), Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720), André Prévost (1860), Peter John Olivi (1248), Pierre Gringore (1475), and Constance Mayer (1775). After him are Philippe de Mornay (1549), Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648), Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747), Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), and Charles-Louis Philippe (1874).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, José Giovanni ranks 374. Before him are Louise Colet (1810), Violette Leduc (1907), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Hildebert (1056), Pierre Grimal (1912), and Pierre Gringore (1475). After him are Philippe de Mornay (1549), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Bonaventure des Périers (1510), Maurice de Guérin (1810), and Gustave Kahn (1859).

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