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Paul Scarron

1610 - 1660

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Paul Scarron (French pronunciation: [pɔl skaʁɔ̃]; c. 1 July 1610 – 6 October 1660) (a.k.a. Monsieur Scarron) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Though his precise birth date is unknown, he was baptized on 4 July 1610. Scarron was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Scarron is the 1,351st most popular writer (down from 1,281st in 2019), the 1,554th most popular biography from France (down from 1,460th in 2019) and the 191st most popular French Writer.

Paul Scarron was a French satirist who is most famous for his novel "Le Roman Comique" (The Comic Novel).

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Among writers, Paul Scarron ranks 1,351 out of 7,302. Before him are Imru' al-Qais, Martha Gellhorn, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Ken Robinson, Yan Fu, and Ibrahim ibn Yaqub. After him are Fredric Brown, David C. H. Austin, Norman Mailer, Harry Harrison, Jakob Wassermann, and Ethel Voynich.

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Among people born in 1610, Paul Scarron ranks 9. Before him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Adriaen van Ostade, David Teniers the Younger, Jacob Kettler, Ivan Sirko, and Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Maria Cunitz, Oboi, Jan Asselijn, Li Yu, and Abraham Duquesne. Among people deceased in 1660, Paul Scarron ranks 16. Before him are Louise de Marillac, Gevherhan Sultan, George II Rákóczi, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Ayşe Sultan, and Alexandre de Rhodes. After him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Govert Flinck, Jacob Cats, Mary Dyer, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Scarron ranks 1,554 out of 6,770. Before him are Fulk III, Count of Anjou (970), Jacques Paul Migne (1800), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Emmanuel Todd (1951), Yvette Guilbert (1865), and Hugh Magnus (1007). After him are Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), Aimé Jacquet (1941), and Patrice Chéreau (1944).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Paul Scarron ranks 191. Before him are Pierre Larousse (1817), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Jean Giono (1895), Maurice Barrès (1862), Georges Feydeau (1862), and Henri Murger (1822). After him are Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Jean Chapelain (1595), Roland Topor (1938), and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715).

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