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Pierre Loti

1850 - 1923

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Pierre Loti (French: [pjɛʁ lɔti]; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud [lwi maʁi ʒyljɛ̃ vjo]; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Loti is the 718th most popular writer (down from 602nd in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from France (down from 700th in 2019) and the 112th most popular French Writer.

Pierre Loti is most famous for his novel, "Madame Chrysanthème." The novel is about a French naval officer who falls in love with a Japanese woman.

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Among writers, Pierre Loti ranks 718 out of 7,302. Before him are Odysseas Elytis, Epicharmus of Kos, William F. Buckley Jr., John Irving, Mihai Eminescu, and Alejo Carpentier. After him are Kassia, Marie de France, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Witold Gombrowicz, Pietro Bembo, and Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Pierre Loti ranks 15. Before him are Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, John Collier, and Mihai Eminescu. After him are Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Oliver Heaviside, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Frances Xavier Cabrini. Among people deceased in 1923, Pierre Loti ranks 20. Before him are Joaquín Sorolla, Édouard Stephan, Julius Martov, Dietrich Eckart, Edward Emerson Barnard, and Damdin Sükhbaatar. After him are Princess Louise of Prussia, James Dewar, Hertha Ayrton, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Katherine Mansfield, and Edith Södergran.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Loti ranks 842 out of 6,770. Before him are Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), and Jacques Hadamard (1865). After him are Marina Vlady (1938), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Auguste Mariette (1821), Lorin Maazel (1930), Félix Guattari (1930), and Marie de France (1101).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Loti ranks 112. Before him are Madame Roland (1754), Bernard Gui (1261), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Maurice Denis (1870), and Eugène Sue (1804). After him are Marie de France (1101), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), and Edmond de Goncourt (1822).

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