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Léo Malet

1909 - 1996

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Léo Malet (1909–1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. He was known for creating the Parisian private eye Nestor Burma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léo Malet is the 4,081st most popular writer (down from 3,511th in 2019), the 3,975th most popular biography from France (down from 3,559th in 2019) and the 506th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léo Malet ranks 4,081 out of 7,302. Before him are André Schwarz-Bart, Laura Cereta, Anne Hébert, Gleb Uspensky, Laura Bridgman, and Yuriy Venelin. After him are Nossis, Mark Frost, Michel Carré, Carl Sternheim, Pippa Middleton, and Agnieszka Osiecka.

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Among people born in 1909, Léo Malet ranks 233. Before him are Olivér Halassy, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Adolf Šimperský, Đorđe Vujadinović, Guillermo León Valencia, and Leo Sexton. After him are Paco Bienzobas, Arvo Askola, Ștefan Dobay, Arnold Badjou, Theodor Tolsdorff, and Karl Gruber. Among people deceased in 1996, Léo Malet ranks 185. Before him are Inger Jacobsen, Yahya Ayyash, Og Mandino, Yulii Khariton, Jurandir de Freitas, and Lew Ayres. After him are Kiyoshi Atsumi, José Lázaro Robles, Kenneth Bainbridge, François Picard, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léo Malet ranks 3,975 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Decoin (1890), André Schwarz-Bart (1928), André Labatut (1891), Louis Vicat (1786), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (1953), and Otto Froitzheim (1884). After him are François Delsarte (1811), Michel Carré (1821), Corinne Marchand (1931), Michel Leblond (1932), Jean-Luc Ettori (1955), and Henri Harpignies (1819).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léo Malet ranks 506. Before him are Henry Bataille (1872), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), Paul Fort (1872), Louis Hémon (1880), Marc Levy (1961), and André Schwarz-Bart (1928). After him are Michel Carré (1821), François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592), Judith Gautier (1845), Pascal Lainé (1942), Jean de Brunhoff (1899), and Isabelle Collin Dufresne (1935).

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