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Louis Guilloux

1899 - 1980

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Louis Guilloux (15 January 1899 – 14 October 1980) was a Breton writer born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where he lived throughout his life. He is known for his Social Realist novels describing working-class life and political struggles in the mid-twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Guilloux is the 5,363rd most popular writer (up from 5,533rd in 2019), the 4,712th most popular biography from France (up from 4,771st in 2019) and the 600th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Louis Guilloux ranks 5,363 out of 7,302. Before him are Erico Verissimo, Matthew Henry, Ramsey Campbell, Aneirin, Wajdi Mouawad, and Bo Goldman. After him are Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Raymond Schwartz, Timothy Zahn, James Lee Burke, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, and Robin Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Louis Guilloux ranks 260. Before him are Maurice Carême, Axel Bakunts, Pat O'Brien, Suryakant Tripathi, Donald Johnston, and Ladislav Vácha. After him are Panagiotis Pipinelis, Giorgi Leonidze, Robin Hill, Byron Haskin, Wolfgang Krull, and Jaroslav Skobla. Among people deceased in 1980, Louis Guilloux ranks 244. Before him are James Smith McDonnell, Muriel Freeman, Wilhelmina Cooper, Finn Ronne, Petar Trifunović, and Max Miedinger. After him are Luis Muñoz Marín, Erast Garin, Alberto Soria, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Mario Mattoli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Guilloux ranks 4,712 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Tainturier (1890), Paul Winter (1906), Hervé de Charette (1938), Mikaël Silvestre (1977), Jacques Laurent (1919), and James Dwight (1852). After him are Marjorie Noël (1945), Caroline Cellier (1945), Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928), Raymond Schwartz (1894), Gérard Hausser (1939), and Aurélien Tchouaméni (2000).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Louis Guilloux ranks 600. Before him are Anna Kavan (1901), Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589), Tony Duvert (1945), Claude Mauriac (1914), and Jacques Laurent (1919). After him are Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928), Raymond Schwartz (1894), Philippe Claudel (1962), Vernon Lee (1856), Jacques Dupin (1927), and Anatole Le Braz (1859).

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