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Raymond Roussel

1877 - 1933

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Raymond Roussel (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ ʁusɛl]; 20 January 1877 – 14 July 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Roussel is the 1,773rd most popular writer (down from 1,551st in 2019), the 2,052nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,803rd in 2019) and the 253rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Raymond Roussel ranks 1,773 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie Under, R. L. Stine, Aphra Behn, François Coppée, Menander Protector, and Francis Jammes. After him are Fulcanelli, Lady Randolph Churchill, Otfried Preußler, Egon Kisch, Robert M. Parker Jr., and Jeffery Deaver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Raymond Roussel ranks 55. Before him are Otto Gross, Sadao Araki, Wilhelm Adam, Charles Rolls, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, and Isabelle Eberhardt. After him are Vladimir Minorsky, Léon Flameng, Renée Vivien, Petar Kočić, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, and Pavel Bermondt-Avalov. Among people deceased in 1933, Raymond Roussel ranks 39. Before him are Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Albert Calmette, Francesc Macià, Hans Vaihinger, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, and Friedrich Zander. After him are Louis Comfort Tiffany, Sen Katayama, Roscoe Arbuckle, Henri Duparc, Anagarika Dharmapala, and Princess Mathilde of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Roussel ranks 2,052 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Garamond (1499), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), Sacha Distel (1933), Francis Jammes (1868), Robert Pires (1973), and Michel Rocard (1930). After him are François-Marie Raoult (1830), Florent Schmitt (1870), Jean Girault (1924), Joseph Monier (1823), Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), and Théodore Dubois (1837).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Raymond Roussel ranks 253. Before him are Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Adalberon (947), Dominique Venner (1935), François Coppée (1842), and Francis Jammes (1868). After him are Julien Gracq (1910), Gabriel Naudé (1600), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), and Jacques Cazotte (1719).

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