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Jules Roy

1907 - 2000

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Jules Roy (22 October 1907 – 15 June 2000) was a French writer. "Prolific and polemical" Roy, born an Algerian pied noir and sent to a Roman Catholic seminary, used his experiences in the French colony and during his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War as inspiration for a number of his works. He began writing in 1946, while still serving in the military, and continued to publish fiction and historical works after his resignation in 1953 in protest of the First Indochina War. He was an outspoken critic of French colonialism and the Algerian War of Independence and later civil war, as well as a strongly religious man. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Roy is the 5,922nd most popular writer (down from 5,738th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 146th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among writers, Jules Roy ranks 5,922 out of 7,302. Before him are Rebecca Solnit, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Samuel Benchetrit, Nikolay Rubtsov, Whittaker Chambers, and Brigitte Kronauer. After him are David Storey, Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, Fredrik Backman, David S. Goyer, and Zoltán Ambrus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Jules Roy ranks 351. Before him are Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Barbara Kent, Art Babbitt, N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, and Célestin Delmer. After him are Farid Simaika, Kalle Jalkanen, Leonid Sedov, Lotfia Elnadi, Rolf Jacobsen, and Joseph Gonzales. Among people deceased in 2000, Jules Roy ranks 305. Before him are István Gulyás, Lino Nessi, Paula Yates, Victor Verschueren, Alfredo Sánchez, and Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko. After him are Charles Hartshorne, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Kirsty MacColl, Clifford Truesdell, Charles F. Hockett, and Joan Hartigan.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jules Roy ranks 148 out of 213. Before him are Salah Assad (1958), Noureddine Bedoui (1959), Jean Fernandez (1954), Christian Lopez (1953), Mehdi Cerbah (1953), and Islam Slimani (1988). After him are Mustapha Moussa (1962), Souad Massi (1972), Catherine Malabou (1959), Anne Alvaro (1951), Joseph Gonzales (1907), and Sabri Boukadoum (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Jules Roy ranks 20. Before him are Yasmina Khadra (1955), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), Mouloud Mammeri (1917), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Tahar Djaout (1954), and Jean Amrouche (1906).

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