WRITER

Michel Tournier

1924 - 2016

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Michel Tournier (French: [miʃɛl tuʁnje]; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Tournier is the 1,076th most popular writer (down from 1,043rd in 2019), the 1,244th most popular biography from France (down from 1,185th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular French Writer.

Michel Tournier is most famous for his novel "The Erasers."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Tournier ranks 1,076 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcus Manilius, Meša Selimović, Ilia Chavchavadze, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Pynchon, and Bolesław Prus. After him are Tavo Burat, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Edith Wharton, Pierre Louÿs, Ibn Sirin, and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Michel Tournier ranks 59. Before him are Georg Ratzinger, Ante Marković, Eduardo Chillida, Ed Wood, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Ahmadou Ahidjo. After him are John Backus, Giovanni Sartori, Guy Williams, Georges Prêtre, Karmapa, and Kenneth Kaunda. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Tournier ranks 75. Before him are George Martin, Hilary Putnam, Michel Galabru, Iolanda Balaș, Walter Kohn, and Terry Wogan. After him are Corry Brokken, Jayalalithaa, Patricio Aylwin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and Garry Marshall.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Tournier ranks 1,244 out of 6,770. Before him are Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Paul Bourget (1852), Abbé Pierre (1912), Jean de Dunois (1402), Jacques Ibert (1890), and Camille Jordan (1838). After him are Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1955), Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), and Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Tournier ranks 163. Before him are Alfred de Vigny (1797), Johannes Tauler (1300), Charles Nodier (1780), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), and Paul Bourget (1852). After him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Elif Shafak (1971), Alain-Fournier (1886), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), and Marcel Pagnol (1895).

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