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Pierre Bec

1921 - 2014

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Pierre Bec (French: [pjɛʁ bɛk]; Occitan: Pèire Bec, IPA: ['pɛjɾe βɛk]; 11 December 1921 – 30 June 2014) was a French Occitan-language poet and linguist. Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Comminges, where he learnt Occitan. He was deported to Germany between 1943 and 1945. After returning, he studied in Paris, where he graduated in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Bec is the 2,965th most popular writer (up from 3,402nd in 2019), the 3,136th most popular biography from France (up from 3,491st in 2019) and the 401st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Pierre Bec ranks 2,965 out of 7,302. Before him are Fernand Crommelynck, Mickey Spillane, Marcel Boulenger, Parthenius of Nicaea, Philitas of Cos, and Edgar Lee Masters. After him are Maximilian Voloshin, George Ohsawa, Gisèle Halimi, Drago Jančar, Sergei Nilus, and Pierre Souvestre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Pierre Bec ranks 183. Before him are Ernest Gold, Silvio Gazzaniga, Jair da Rosa Pinto, Helena Rakoczy, Raymond Williams, and Angelo Dundee. After him are Amedeo Amadei, Oswaldo López Arellano, Piero Piccioni, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Violette Szabo, and Robert Brown. Among people deceased in 2014, Pierre Bec ranks 175. Before him are Frans Brüggen, Magda Olivero, Helena Rakoczy, Alexander Imich, Lorna Wing, and Juan Gelman. After him are James Rebhorn, Stefanie Zweig, Horace Silver, Michael Sata, Rudolph Rummel, and Viscera.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Bec ranks 3,136 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Boulenger (1873), Hervé Faye (1814), Bernard Desclot (1201), François Joseph Westermann (1751), André Maschinot (1903), and Louis Réard (1897). After him are Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (1760), Raphaël Varane (1993), Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy (1386), Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850), and Bernard de Jussieu (1699).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Bec ranks 401. Before him are Champfleury (1821), Victor Segalen (1878), Casimir Delavigne (1793), Lupus Servatus (805), Fernand Crommelynck (1886), and Marcel Boulenger (1873). After him are Pierre Souvestre (1874), Dominique Lapierre (1931), Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755), Octave Feuillet (1821), Jean Lorrain (1855), and Jean Richepin (1849).

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