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Léon Bloy

1846 - 1917

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Léon Bloy (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ blwa]; 11 July 1846 – 3 November 1917) was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, pamphleteer (or lampoonist), and satirist, known additionally for his eventual (and passionate) defense of Catholicism and for his influence within French Catholic circles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Bloy is the 1,250th most popular writer (down from 1,141st in 2019), the 1,420th most popular biography from France (down from 1,301st in 2019) and the 180th most popular French Writer.

Léon Bloy is most famous for his novel, "The Woman Who Was Poor," and his essay, "The Eternal Feminine."

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Among writers, Léon Bloy ranks 1,250 out of 7,302. Before him are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Thomas Mayne Reid, Daniil Kharms, Lao She, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and Waris Dirie. After him are Annette Kellermann, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Valerie Solanas, Josef Čapek, John of Ruusbroec, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Léon Bloy ranks 24. Before him are Nectarios of Aegina, Anna Dostoevskaya, Tokugawa Iemochi, Karl von Bülow, G. Stanley Hall, and Franz Mehring. After him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Oskar Backlund, Antonio Abetti, Mariam Baouardy, Naim Frashëri, and Alexander von Kluck. Among people deceased in 1917, Léon Bloy ranks 26. Before him are Scott Joplin, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Radomir Putnik, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Jean Gaston Darboux, and Ranavalona III. After him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Adolph Wagner, Hugo Simberg, Lucien Petit-Breton, Mendele Mocher Sforim, and Maximilian von Prittwitz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Bloy ranks 1,420 out of 6,770. Before him are Mistinguett (1875), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), Claudine Auger (1941), Gundobad (500), and Cardinal de Rohan (1734). After him are Émile Waldteufel (1837), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670), Clément Janequin (1485), Petrus Ramus (1515), and Ansegisel (602).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léon Bloy ranks 180. Before him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Léo Taxil (1854), Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), and Charles Péguy (1873). After him are Émile Gaboriau (1832), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Pierre Larousse (1817), and Blaise de Vigenère (1523).

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