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Maurice Barrès

1862 - 1923

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Auguste-Maurice Barrès (French: [oɡyst mɔʁis baʁɛs]; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist, philosopher, and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work The Cult of the Self in 1888. He was elected a member of the Académie Française in 1906. In politics, Barrès was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1889 as a Boulangist and would play a prominent political role for the rest of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Barrès is the 1,304th most popular writer (down from 1,302nd in 2019), the 1,484th most popular biography from France (up from 1,488th in 2019) and the 188th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Barrès ranks 1,304 out of 7,302. Before him are Odoric of Pordenone, Peter Altenberg, Carson McCullers, Reinaldo Arenas, Andrei Platonov, and Rudolf Erich Raspe. After him are Georges Feydeau, Wilhelm Müller, Constantijn Huygens, James Ellroy, Arthur Hailey, and Quintus Fabius Pictor.

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Among people born in 1862, Maurice Barrès ranks 34. Before him are Aurel Stein, Edith Wharton, Mori Ōgai, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Ugyen Wangchuck, and Loie Fuller. After him are Georges Feydeau, Henry McMahon, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Mary Kingsley, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, and Anton Ažbe. Among people deceased in 1923, Maurice Barrès ranks 34. Before him are Milena Vukotić, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Max Nordau, and Ernst Troeltsch. After him are Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Théophile Steinlen, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Charles Dupuy, Albert Leo Schlageter, and Théophile Delcassé.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Barrès ranks 1,484 out of 6,770. Before him are André-Louis Debierne (1874), Catherine Spaak (1945), Bernard Tapie (1943), Jean Chacornac (1823), Louis Jourdan (1921), and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940). After him are Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Georges Feydeau (1862), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Austen Henry Layard (1817), and John V, Duke of Brittany (1389).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Barrès ranks 188. Before him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Pierre Larousse (1817), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Jean Giono (1895). After him are Georges Feydeau (1862), Henri Murger (1822), Paul Scarron (1610), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711).

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