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Pierre Mac Orlan

1882 - 1970

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Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan (born Pierre Dumarchey; February 26, 1882 – June 27, 1970), was a French novelist and songwriter. His novel Quai des Brumes was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring Jean Gabin. He was also a prolific writer of chansons, many of which were recorded and popularized by French singers such as Juliette Gréco, Monique Morelli, Catherine Sauvage, Francesca Solleville, and Germaine Montero. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Mac Orlan is the 4,644th most popular writer (down from 4,356th in 2019), the 4,330th most popular biography from France (down from 4,116th in 2019) and the 547th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 4,644 out of 7,302. Before him are Guillaume Musso, Alexander Volkov, Christian Matras, Isaac Watts, Urs Widmer, and Levon Shant. After him are A. Merritt, Sahar Khalifeh, Nathanael West, Géza Csáth, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor.

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Among people born in 1882, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 209. Before him are Alfred Keller, Purushottam Das Tandon, Elin Wägner, Giovanni Amendola, Percy Grainger, and George Bancroft. After him are Ivan Olbracht, Albert Coates, Ossip Bernstein, Richard Johansson, Leonard Nelson, and Charles Mayer. Among people deceased in 1970, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 202. Before him are Janko Alexy, Kiichiro Higuchi, Alan Wilson, Paul Fritsch, Lee Barnes, and Vince Lombardi. After him are Rube Goldberg, Irene Guest, István Kozma, Andrejs Upīts, Vano Muradeli, and Fritz von Unruh.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 4,330 out of 6,770. Before him are Georg von Rosen (1843), Jacques Martin (1921), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), François Remetter (1928), Yvette Andréyor (1891), and Frank Leboeuf (1968). After him are Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), Alfred Manessier (1911), Pierre Omidyar (1967), Gaston Waringhien (1901), Valérie Kaprisky (1962), and Jacques Sautereau (1860).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 547. Before him are Francis de Miomandre (1880), Ernst Stadler (1883), Jean-Richard Bloch (1884), Pierre Michon (1945), Paul Déroulède (1846), and Guillaume Musso (1974). After him are Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709), François Tristan l'Hermite (1601), Benoîte Groult (1920), Hervé Le Tellier (1957), and Henri Béraud (1885).

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