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Jules Romains

1885 - 1972

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Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will). Sinclair Lewis called him one of the six best novelists in the world. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Romains is the 1,582nd most popular writer (up from 1,676th in 2019), the 1,843rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,938th in 2019) and the 226th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jules Romains ranks 1,582 out of 7,302. Before him are Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth of Schönau, Thomas Chatterton, Ueda Akinari, Antipater of Sidon, and Jørgen Moe. After him are John of Kronstadt, Diagoras of Melos, Joseph Needham, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Théodore de Banville, and Eileen Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jules Romains ranks 66. Before him are René Grousset, Harlow Shapley, Theda Bara, Friedrich Kellner, Alois Hudal, and Per Albin Hansson. After him are Władysław Raczkiewicz, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Sophie, Princess of Albania, Sydney Chaplin, and Camille Chautemps. Among people deceased in 1972, Jules Romains ranks 62. Before him are Mahalia Jackson, Hans Scharoun, Karl Silberbauer, S. R. Ranganathan, Clara Campoamor, and Hugo Steinhaus. After him are Henry de Montherlant, Aspasia Manos, Frans Masereel, Matvei Zakharov, Arnold Jackson, and William Dieterle.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Romains ranks 1,843 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Canguilhem (1904), Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), Blanche of Bourbon (1339), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), and Guillaume Bigourdan (1851). After him are Nicolas Catinat (1637), Théodore de Banville (1823), Brigitte Fossey (1946), Corinne Cléry (1950), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), and Tomi Ungerer (1931).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jules Romains ranks 226. Before him are Alphonse Allais (1854), Henri de Régnier (1864), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Auguste Maquet (1813), Jean de Meun (1240), and Remy de Gourmont (1858). After him are Théodore de Banville (1823), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Henry de Montherlant (1895), and René Char (1907).

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