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Jules Renard

1864 - 1910

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Pierre-Jules Renard (pronounced [pjɛʁ ʒyl ʁənaʁ]; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories, 1896). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking, 1898) and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne (Eight Days in the Country, 1912). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Renard is the 943rd most popular writer (down from 849th in 2019), the 1,103rd most popular biography from France (down from 980th in 2019) and the 137th most popular French Writer.

Jules Renard is most famous for his work as a novelist, poet, and journalist. He was born in 1864 in the town of Semur-en-Auxois, France. He studied law at the University of Paris and later became a journalist. He was a contributor to Le Figaro, Le Gaulois, and L'Echo de Paris. He died in 1910.

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Among writers, Jules Renard ranks 943 out of 7,302. Before him are Stefan George, Ján Kollár, Julien Green, Daniel Keyes, Al-Mutanabbi, and Zelda Fitzgerald. After him are Philostratus, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Emma Orczy, Prudentius, Percy Fawcett, and Virginia Satir.

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Among people born in 1864, Jules Renard ranks 26. Before him are Alexej von Jawlensky, Heinrich Wölfflin, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Paul Sérusier, and John Jacob Astor IV. After him are Eugen d'Albert, Frank Wedekind, Rudolf Kjellén, Jakob von Uexküll, Branislav Nušić, and Nellie Bly. Among people deceased in 1910, Jules Renard ranks 25. Before him are An Jung-geun, Elizabeth Blackwell, Pauline Viardot, Huo Yuanjia, Carl Reinecke, and Richard Abegg. After him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, William Huggins, William Holman Hunt, Alexander Agassiz, Jean Moréas, and Albert Anker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Renard ranks 1,103 out of 6,770. Before him are Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Julien Green (1900), Edmond Debeaumarché (1906), Michèle Morgan (1920), and Marie Duplessis (1824). After him are Christina of Lorraine (1565), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), and Abel Gance (1889).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jules Renard ranks 137. Before him are Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Maurice Druon (1918), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), and Julien Green (1900). After him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Sonia Rykiel (1930), and Victorien Sardou (1831).

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