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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

1715 - 1747

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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (French: [vovnaʁɡ]; 6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747) was a French writer and moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular. In the history of French literature, his significance lies chiefly in his friendship with Voltaire (20 years his senior). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues is the 1,411th most popular writer (down from 1,400th in 2019), the 1,616th most popular biography from France (up from 1,628th in 2019) and the 197th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 1,411 out of 7,302. Before him are Cees Nooteboom, Roland Topor, Hartmann Schedel, Machado de Assis, Sergey Mikhalkov, and Ihara Saikaku. After him are Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Jean-Jacques Ampère, John Berger, Roger Caillois, Fulcher of Chartres, and A. E. van Vogt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 5. Before him are Peter II of Russia, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Robert-François Damiens, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. After him are Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau. Among people deceased in 1747, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Bononcini, Alain-René Lesage, Alessandro Marcello, Catherine Opalińska, Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Giuseppe Crespi, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Francesco Solimena, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

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In France

Among people born in France, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 1,616 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Roland Topor (1938), Étienne Marcel (1315), Raymond Loewy (1893), and Bernard Buffet (1928). After him are André Martinet (1908), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), and Pierre Balmain (1914).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 197. Before him are Paul Scarron (1610), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Jean Chapelain (1595), and Roland Topor (1938). After him are Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), Louise Labé (1524), and Philippe Soupault (1897).

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