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Philippe Jaccottet

1925 - 2021

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Philippe Jaccottet (French: [filip ʒakotɛ]; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Jaccottet is the 3,448th most popular writer (up from 3,731st in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 382nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippe Jaccottet ranks 3,448 out of 7,302. Before him are Mouloud Mammeri, Michel Ocelot, Laza Lazarević, Remigius of Auxerre, Gérard de Villiers, and Gregory Corso. After him are Ahmadou Kourouma, Theodore Bibliander, Arctinus of Miletus, Franco Sacchetti, James Aldridge, and Marion Chesney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Philippe Jaccottet ranks 234. Before him are Carlo Rambaldi, Giovanni Coppa, Alberto Grimaldi, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Jacques Fatton, and Jimmy Smith. After him are Ahmad Shamlou, Claude Pinoteau, Arne Åhman, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Wojciech Has, and Jonathan Winters. Among people deceased in 2021, Philippe Jaccottet ranks 268. Before him are Yury Vlasov, Ivan Patzaichin, Nick Kamen, Budge Patty, Anatoliy Zlenko, and Carla Fracci. After him are Marc Ferro, T. B. Joshua, John Warner, Ester Mägi, Joseph Benz, and Tahir Salahov.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Philippe Jaccottet ranks 360 out of 1,015. Before him are René Burri (1933), Orgetorix (null), Klaus Huber (1924), Henri Colpi (1921), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), and Albert Heim (1849). After him are Theodore Bibliander (1500), Hans Erni (1909), Cuno Amiet (1868), Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Kate Burton (1957), and Albert Sechehaye (1870).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Philippe Jaccottet ranks 34. Before him are Alphonse Matejka (1902), Peter Bichsel (1935), Peter Bieri (1944), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Arthur Cravan (1887), and Fernán Caballero (1796). After him are Theodore Bibliander (1500), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), Françoise Giroud (1916), Ella Maillart (1903), Edmond Privat (1889), and Nicolas Bouvier (1929).

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