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Marie NDiaye

1967 - Today

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Marie NDiaye (born 4 June 1967) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Marie NDiaye is the 6,153rd most popular writer (down from 5,798th in 2024), the 5,111th most popular biography from France (down from 4,917th in 2019) and the 643rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marie NDiaye ranks 6,153 out of 7,302Before her are Monika Fagerholm, Donald A. Wollheim, Javed Akhtar, John Logan, Gurdial Singh, and Gyrðir Elíasson. After her are Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Lev Rubinstein, Véronique Tadjo, Giuseppe Berto, John Barbour, and Dick Cavett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Marie NDiaye ranks 365Before her are Geraldine Somerville, Dario Hübner, David Costabile, Knez, Yūki Amami, and Richey Edwards. After her are John Barrowman, Vicente Amigo, Kevin Moore, Rebecca Schaeffer, Ali Babacan, and Gabriele Muccino.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie NDiaye ranks 5,111 out of 6,770Before her are Adèle Haenel (1989), Jean-François Domergue (1957), Jacques Gamblin (1957), Daniel Xuereb (1959), Monique Ohsan Bellepeau (1942), and Frédéric Pietruszka (1954). After her are Philippe Kahn (1952), Nicolas Mahut (1982), Véronique Tadjo (1955), Melvil Poupaud (1973), Édouard Baer (1966), and Yaël Braun-Pivet (1970).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marie NDiaye ranks 643Before her are André Dhôtel (1900), Mathias Énard (1972), Jean-Denis Bredin (1929), Paul Arène (1843), Jean Dutourd (1920), and Claude Esteban (1935). After her are Véronique Tadjo (1955), Philippe Delerm (1950), Lydie Salvayre (1948), Patrick Grainville (1947), Christian Prudhomme (1960), and Laurent Binet (1972).