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Michel Butor

1926 - 2016

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Michel Butor (French: [miʃɛl bytɔʁ]; 14 September 1926 – 24 August 2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Butor is the 1,178th most popular writer (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 1,341st most popular biography from France (down from 1,297th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular French Writer.

Michel Butor is most famous for his novel "La modification."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Butor ranks 1,178 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean de Joinville, Sadriddin Ayni, Bhāsa, Cosmas of Prague, Sophia Tolstaya, and Khaled Hosseini. After him are Cai Yan, Sami Frashëri, Anne Rice, Lin Yutang, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, and Donna Leon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Michel Butor ranks 84. Before him are Henry Way Kendall, Gyula Grosics, Steve Reeves, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Dennis W. Sciama, and Robert Fogel. After him are David H. Hubel, Ta Mok, Richard Matheson, Noah Gordon, George C. Williams, and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Butor ranks 82. Before him are Corry Brokken, Jayalalithaa, Patricio Aylwin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and Garry Marshall. After him are Chyna, Keith Emerson, Margot Honecker, Thomas Schelling, Melvin Laird, and Edgar Mitchell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Butor ranks 1,341 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean de Joinville (1224), Georges Auric (1899), Odo the Great (650), Georges Duby (1919), James Tissot (1836), and Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543). After him are Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Élie Cartan (1869), Lazare Hoche (1768), Jean-Claude Killy (1943), Charles Leclerc (1772), and Theobald II of Navarre (1239).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Butor ranks 172. Before him are Elif Shafak (1971), Alain-Fournier (1886), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Marcel Pagnol (1895), Comtessa de Dia (1175), and Jean de Joinville (1224). After him are Monique Wittig (1935), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Léo Taxil (1854), Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and B. H. Liddell Hart (1895).

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