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Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

1893 - 1945

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Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (French: [dʁjø la ʁɔʃɛl]; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays. He was born, lived and died in Paris. Drieu La Rochelle became a proponent of French fascism in the 1930s, and was a well-known collaborationist during the German occupation. He is best known for his books Le Feu Follet and Gilles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Drieu La Rochelle is the 1,262nd most popular writer (up from 1,328th in 2019), the 1,434th most popular biography from France (up from 1,522nd in 2019) and the 182nd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 1,262 out of 7,302. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Émile Gaboriau, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Siegfried Kracauer, and John Tzetzes. After him are Rodolphe Töpffer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Vittorio Alfieri, Jan Kochanowski, Agrippa d'Aubigné, and Eiji Yoshikawa.

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Among people born in 1893, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 58. Before him are Edward G. Robinson, Ernst Öpik, Roy O. Disney, Battista Farina, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk. After him are Erwin Piscator, Walter Christaller, Raymond Loewy, Bill Tilden, Hans Scharoun, and Dragiša Cvetković. Among people deceased in 1945, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 94. Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf, John Ambrose Fleming, Kurt Gerstein, Charles Fabry, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, and Josef Čapek. After him are Fritz Klein, Hans Kammler, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Else Lasker-Schüler, Albrecht Penck, and Roza Shanina.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 1,434 out of 6,770. Before him are Michèle Mouton (1951), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Geneviève Grad (1944), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), Émile Gaboriau (1832), and Paul Ulrich Villard (1860). After him are Bertrand Blier (1939), Philippe Starck (1949), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Pierre Mauroy (1928), and Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 182. Before him are Michel Verne (1861), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Charles Péguy (1873), Léon Bloy (1846), and Émile Gaboriau (1832). After him are Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Pierre Larousse (1817), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Jean Giono (1895), and Maurice Barrès (1862).

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