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Nicolas Bouvier

1929 - 1998

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Nicolas Bouvier (6 March 1929 in Grand-Lancy – 17 February 1998) was a 20th-century Swiss traveller, writer, picture editor and photographer. He studied in Geneva in the 1950s and lived there later between his travels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Bouvier is the 4,365th most popular writer (down from 4,201st in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 4,365 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriello Chiabrera, Cora Sandel, Jan Myrdal, Guðbergur Bergsson, Margit Kaffka, and Pierre Emmanuel. After him are Francisco Umbral, Rémy Belleau, Koji Suzuki, Johannes Bobrowski, Aleksey Remizov, and Johan Henric Kellgren.

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Among people born in 1929, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 327. Before him are Henri Pousseur, Otar Patsatsia, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Alfred Teinitzer, Moses Gunn, and Charles Antenen. After him are Claude Nougaro, Jimmy Cobb, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Francesco Alberoni, Azzeddine Laraki, and Elizabeth Allen. Among people deceased in 1998, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 201. Before him are Maurice Schumann, Johannes Kotkas, Wanda Jakubowska, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Kvitka Cisyk, and Norberto Méndez. After him are Nagarjun, Gloria Fuertes, Duncan McNaughton, Galina Starovoytova, Jean Shiley, and Gunnar Jansson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 470 out of 1,015. Before him are Hakan Yakin (1977), Fritz Honegger (1917), Otto Stich (1927), Johann Amman (1707), Charles Antenen (1929), and Konrad Stäheli (1931). After him are Pierre Cérésole (1879), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), Johannes Baumann (1874), Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 40. Before him are Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), Françoise Giroud (1916), Ella Maillart (1903), and Edmond Privat (1889). After him are Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Robert Pinget (1919), Johann David Wyss (1743), Urs Widmer (1938), Martin Suter (1948), and Adolf Muschg (1934).

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