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Michel-Jean Sedaine

1719 - 1797

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Michel-Jean Sedaine (2 June 1719 – 17 May 1797) was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement of the genre from the period of Charles-Simon Favart to the beginning of the Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel-Jean Sedaine is the 4,391st most popular writer (up from 4,733rd in 2019), the 4,181st most popular biography from France (up from 4,332nd in 2019) and the 529th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 4,391 out of 7,302. Before him are René Depestre, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Felisberto Hernández, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, and Nagarjun. After him are Virginie Ancelot, Milena Rudnytska, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Otar Chiladze, Pierre Pithou, and Bel Kaufman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 18. Before him are Pierre Poivre, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, and Thomas Gage. After him are Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, and Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani. Among people deceased in 1797, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 25. Before him are Olaudah Equiano, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Ivan Shuvalov, Francesco Sabatini, John Wilkes, and Molla Panah Vagif. After him are Pietro Verri, Carter Braxton, and Oliver Wolcott.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 4,181 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Daninos (1913), Pierre Dartout (1954), Moungi Bawendi (1961), Mathieu Valbuena (1984), Victor Baltard (1805), and Guy Patin (1601). After him are Jean Petit (1949), Jean Bouin (1888), Virginie Ancelot (1792), Benoît Magimel (1974), Pierre Veyron (1903), and André Gaudin (1874).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 529. Before him are Stanislas Julien (1797), Maurice Genevoix (1890), Pierre Emmanuel (1916), Rémy Belleau (1528), Georges Courteline (1858), and Pierre Daninos (1913). After him are Virginie Ancelot (1792), Pierre Pithou (1539), Jakob Balde (1604), Maurice Sachs (1906), Virginie Despentes (1969), and Gervase of Tilbury (1155).

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