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Philippe Soupault

1897 - 1990

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Philippe Soupault (2 August 1897 – 12 March 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault initiated the periodical Littérature together with writers Breton and Louis Aragon in Paris in 1919, which, for many, marks the beginnings of Surrealism. The first book of automatic writing, Les Champs magnétiques (1920), was co-authored by Soupault and Breton. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Soupault is the 1,428th most popular writer (down from 1,409th in 2019), the 1,637th most popular biography from France (down from 1,634th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Philippe Soupault ranks 1,428 out of 7,302. Before him are Louise Labé, Liu Cixin, Joachim Fest, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Callinus, and Poul Anderson. After him are Sanu Sharma, Maryse Condé, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Ruth Rendell, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, and Vivant Denon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Philippe Soupault ranks 75. Before him are Yuri Kondratyuk, Hans Baur, Marcel Petiot, Karl Löwith, Bernard Lyot, and Sidney Bechet. After him are Ana Aslan, Lester B. Pearson, Jean Epstein, Tarjei Vesaas, Rouben Mamoulian, and Douglas Sirk. Among people deceased in 1990, Philippe Soupault ranks 60. Before him are Delphine Seyrig, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Jill Ireland, Arthur Samuel, and Vasili Kuznetsov. After him are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taiichi Ohno, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Manuel Puig, Nina Kulagina, and Meir Kahane.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Soupault ranks 1,637 out of 6,770. Before him are Françoise Gilot (1921), Louise Labé (1524), Alain Cuny (1908), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Michel Bouquet (1925), and Lucien Petit-Breton (1882). After him are Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), André Jolivet (1905), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), and Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Philippe Soupault ranks 203. Before him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Odo of Cluny (878), and Louise Labé (1524). After him are Vivant Denon (1747), Marcel Aymé (1902), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), and Marie de Gournay (1565).

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