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Muriel Barbery

1969 - Today

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Muriel Barbery (born 28 May 1969) is a French novelist and philosophy teacher. Her 2006 novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog quickly sold more than a million copies in several countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muriel Barbery is the 4,809th most popular writer (up from 4,866th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 112th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Moroccan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muriel Barbery ranks 4,809 out of 7,302Before her are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Béla Illés, Rube Goldberg, David E. Kelley, Ricardo Palma, and Klabund. After her are Anna Enquist, Jan Frans Willems, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Hilde Domin, Marie Hankel, and Gáspár Heltai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Muriel Barbery ranks 212Before her are Massimo Busacca, Nate Dogg, Juan Carlos Villamayor, Kim Raver, Danis Tanović, and Spike Jonze. After her are Stephen Hendry, Daniel Fonseca, Cosmin Olăroiu, Ben Mendelsohn, Adam Riess, and Erlend Loe.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Muriel Barbery ranks 110 out of 264Before her are Mohammed Hazzaz (1945), Gad Elmaleh (1971), Houmane Jarir (1944), Ahmed Bahnini (1909), Abdallah Lamrani (1946), and Med Hondo (1936). After her are Driss Bamous (1942), Abdeljalil Hadda (1972), Abderrahmane Mahjoub (1929), Maati Bouabid (1927), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), and Hadi Dahane (1946).

Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Muriel Barbery ranks 10Before her are Mohamed Choukri (1935), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), and Ahmed Rami (1946). After her are Katherine Pancol (1954), Leïla Slimani (1981), Abdellah Taïa (1973), and Laila Lalami (1968).