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Pierre Gamarra

1919 - 2009

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Pierre Gamarra (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ gamaˈʁa]; 10 July 1919 – 20 May 2009) was a French poet, novelist and literary critic, a long-time chief editor and director of the literary magazine Europe.Gamarra is best known for his poems and novels for the youth and for narrative and poetical works deeply rooted in his native region of Midi-Pyrénées. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Gamarra is the 2,217th most popular writer (up from 2,878th in 2019), the 2,487th most popular biography from France (up from 3,065th in 2019) and the 313th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Pierre Gamarra ranks 2,217 out of 7,302. Before him are Eva Schloss, Katherine Jackson, Tadeusz Borowski, Seichō Matsumoto, Edward Young, and Gaston Paris. After him are John Skelton, Matthieu Ricard, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Oribasius, Telesilla, and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg.

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Among people born in 1919, Pierre Gamarra ranks 104. Before him are Mad Mike Hoare, Raymond Smullyan, Tomáš Špidlík, Amrita Pritam, Rie Mastenbroek, and Edoardo Mangiarotti. After him are Ahmed Abdallah, Ferdinand Kübler, J. Presper Eckert, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Hermann Gmeiner. Among people deceased in 2009, Pierre Gamarra ranks 108. Before him are Ernst Barkmann, Friaça, Al Martino, Yegor Gaidar, Inger Christensen, and Tomislav Crnković. After him are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Claude Berri, Hélio Gracie, Edward Schillebeeckx, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Tayeb Salih.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Gamarra ranks 2,487 out of 6,770. Before him are Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700), Yves Boisset (1939), Guy Hamilton (1922), Aimable Pélissier (1794), Carle Vernet (1758), and Gaston Paris (1839). After him are Theobald I, Count of Blois (910), Jacques Laffitte (1767), Drogo of Champagne (670), Charles Plumier (1646), Jacques Tourneur (1904), and Matthieu Ricard (1946).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Gamarra ranks 313. Before him are Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Michel Leiris (1901), Elena Poniatowska (1932), and Gaston Paris (1839). After him are Matthieu Ricard (1946), Claude Farrère (1876), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Benjamin Péret (1899), and Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682).

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