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Pascal Quignard

1948 - Today

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Pascal Quignard (French: [kiɲaʁ]; born 23 April 1948) is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure. In 1980 his novel Carus was awarded the Prix des Critiques. In 2002 Les Ombres errantes (The Roving Shadows) won the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. Terrasse à Rome (A Terrace in Rome), received the French Academy prize in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Pascal Quignard is the 2,510th most popular writer (down from 2,300th in 2024), the 2,767th most popular biography from France (down from 2,577th in 2019) and the 350th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pascal Quignard ranks 2,510 out of 7,302. Before him are Yasushi Inoue, Cigerxwîn, Banana Yoshimoto, Peter of Dusburg, Joyce Meyer, and Al-Farazdaq. After him are Jean Astruc, Jack Williamson, George Whitefield, Isak Samokovlija, Rebecca West, and Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Pascal Quignard ranks 230. Before him are Akira Matsunaga, Vonda N. McIntyre, Theo Jansen, Barbara Hendricks, Aruna Shanbaug case, and Rhea Perlman. After him are Joaquín Almunia, Ronnie Van Zant, Tim Staffell, James P. Allison, Art Spiegelman, and Abdelmalek Sellal.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pascal Quignard ranks 2,767 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Lecocq (1832), Léa Seydoux (1985), Henri Tresca (1814), Henri Masson (1872), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), and Adelaide of Paris (850). After him are Jean Astruc (1684), Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (1060), Childebrand I (695), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), Paul Émile Chabas (1869), and Jean d'Ormesson (1925).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pascal Quignard ranks 350. Before him are Jules Guesde (1845), Philippe Quinault (1635), Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674), Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746), René Crevel (1900), and Mirra Alfassa (1878). After him are Jean Astruc (1684), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Michel Zevaco (1860), Gustave Aimard (1818), and Théophile de Viau (1590).

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