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Maurice Blanchot

1907 - 2003

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Maurice Blanchot ( blahn-SHOH; French: [blɑ̃ʃo]; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant influence on post-structuralist philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Blanchot is the 690th most popular writer (down from 675th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from France (down from 801st in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Writer.

Maurice Blanchot is most famous for his literary criticism, essays, and novels.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Blanchot ranks 690 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Murphy, Daphne du Maurier, Walter Raleigh, Frano Selak, Gregory of Narek, and Vittoria Colonna. After him are Tyrtaeus, Al-Maʿarri, Sidonius Apollinaris, Ismail Gaspirali, Muriel Spark, and Maurice Denis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Maurice Blanchot ranks 38. Before him are Horst Wessel, John Bowlby, U Nu, Giovanna of Italy, Daphne du Maurier, and Jacques Tati. After him are Erich Mielke, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Dora Maar, Hans Selye, Lucien Laurent, and Roman Shukhevych. Among people deceased in 2003, Maurice Blanchot ranks 30. Before him are Frank Sheeran, Walt Whitman Rostow, Robert Palmer, Robert Kardashian, Luciano Berio, and Soong Mei-ling. After him are Otto Günsche, Mario Beccaria, Lee Yoo-hyung, Gertrude Ederle, Franco Modigliani, and Richard Crenna.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Blanchot ranks 812 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), Pierre André Latreille (1762), Jacques Tati (1907), Juliette Binoche (1964), and Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788). After him are François Ravaillac (1578), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Guy Debord (1931), Isabella of Hainault (1170), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), and Maurice Denis (1870).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Blanchot ranks 108. Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Raymond Queneau (1903), Madame Roland (1754), and Bernard Gui (1261). After him are Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Maurice Denis (1870), Eugène Sue (1804), Pierre Loti (1850), Marie de France (1101), and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755).

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