WRITER

Marcel Schwob

1867 - 1905

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Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob (23 August 1867 – 26 February 1905), was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño and Patricio Pron. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism". In addition to over a hundred short stories, he wrote journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays. He was extremely well known and respected during his life and notably befriended a great number of intellectuals and artists of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Schwob is the 1,847th most popular writer (down from 1,692nd in 2019), the 2,118th most popular biography from France (down from 1,949th in 2019) and the 261st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Marcel Schwob ranks 1,847 out of 7,302. Before him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Alonso de Ercilla, Joseph Joubert, I. L. Peretz, Simon Dach, and Giovannino Guareschi. After him are Namık Kemal, Hans F. K. Günther, Erle Stanley Gardner, Sarah Moore Grimké, R. M. Ballantyne, and Miklós Nyiszli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Marcel Schwob ranks 59. Before him are Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Sundance Kid, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Henry L. Stimson, Henri Gouraud, and Kristian Birkeland. After him are Jeanne Lanvin, Masaoka Shiki, Carl Laemmle, Cy Young, Marie Krøyer, and Elvira Madigan. Among people deceased in 1905, Marcel Schwob ranks 29. Before him are Albert von Kölliker, Oswald Achenbach, Alois Riegl, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and Carmine Crocco. After him are Lew Wallace, Hudson Taylor, George MacDonald, Pedro Américo, Meyer Guggenheim, and Ivan Sechenov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Schwob ranks 2,118 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), Jacques Cazotte (1719), Léon Flameng (1877), Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), Joseph Joubert (1754), and John I, Duke of Alençon (1385). After him are Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Henri Cochet (1901), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), and Alan Stivell (1944).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marcel Schwob ranks 261. Before him are Gabriel Naudé (1600), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), Jacques Cazotte (1719), and Joseph Joubert (1754). After him are Georges Duhamel (1884), Prosper of Aquitaine (390), Yasmina Reza (1959), Jean-Pierre Thiollet (1956), Tristan Corbière (1845), and Émile Augier (1820).

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