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Madame Roland

1754 - 1793

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Marie-Jeanne "Manon" Roland de la Platière (Paris, March 17, 1754 – Paris, November 8, 1793), born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer. Her letters and memoirs became famous for recording the state of mind that conditioned the events leading to the revolution. From a young age Roland was interested in philosophy and political theory and studied a broad range of writers and thinkers. At the same time she was aware that, as a woman, she was predestined to play another role in society than a man. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Madame Roland is the 669th most popular writer (down from 611th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from France (down from 711th in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Writer.

Madame Roland was a woman of the French Revolution who was executed for her involvement in the Revolution. She is most famous for her memoirs, which were published posthumously.

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Among writers, Madame Roland ranks 669 out of 7,302. Before her are Alvin Toffler, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Carlos Fuentes, Curzio Malaparte, Luis de Góngora, and Carlo Gozzi. After her are A. A. Milne, Magtymguly Pyragy, Premchand, Leo Africanus, Max Frisch, and Bernard Gui.

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Among people born in 1754, Madame Roland ranks 8. Before her are Paul I of Russia, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Joseph Proust, Georg Forster, and Seraphim of Sarov. After her are Jacques Pierre Brissot, Frederick I of Württemberg, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. Among people deceased in 1793, Madame Roland ranks 12. Before her are Charlotte Corday, Olympe de Gouges, John Michell, Yolande de Polastron, Francesco Guardi, and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. After her are Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Alexander Roslin, Charles Bonnet, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, and William Aiton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Madame Roland ranks 789 out of 6,770. Before her are Fanny Ardant (1949), Julie Clary (1771), Dagobert II (650), Michel Legrand (1932), Hubert de Givenchy (1927), and Mary of Guise (1515). After her are Louis de Montfort (1673), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), Paul Broca (1824), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Margaret of Provence (1221), and Louis II of Anjou (1377).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Madame Roland ranks 106. Before her are Alfred de Musset (1810), Ausonius (310), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Louise de La Vallière (1644), and Raymond Queneau (1903). After her are Bernard Gui (1261), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Maurice Denis (1870), Eugène Sue (1804), and Pierre Loti (1850).

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