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Remy de Gourmont

1858 - 1915

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Remy de Gourmont (4 April 1858 – 27 September 1915) was a French symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic. He was widely read in his era, and an important influence on Blaise Cendrars and Georges Bataille. The spelling Rémy de Gourmont is incorrect, albeit common. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Remy de Gourmont is the 1,575th most popular writer (down from 1,415th in 2019), the 1,829th most popular biography from France (down from 1,640th in 2019) and the 225th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Remy de Gourmont ranks 1,575 out of 7,302. Before him are Lord Alfred Douglas, Namdev, Solomon Northup, Usama ibn Munqidh, Martin Opitz, and Stig Dagerman. After him are Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth of Schönau, Thomas Chatterton, Ueda Akinari, Antipater of Sidon, and Jørgen Moe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Remy de Gourmont ranks 48. Before him are Saad Zaghloul, Albrecht Penck, Wolfgang Kapp, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, Fernand Khnopff, and Mélanie Bonis. After him are Gaetano Mosca, Constance Lloyd, Ethel Smyth, Alois Riegl, Jan Toorop, and Saitō Makoto. Among people deceased in 1915, Remy de Gourmont ranks 26. Before him are Anton von Werner, Karl Goldmark, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, William Wallace Denslow, Saitō Hajime, and Nadežda Petrović. After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Adèle Hugo, Konstantin Makovsky, Edith Cavell, Julius von Payer, and François Faber.

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In France

Among people born in France, Remy de Gourmont ranks 1,829 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), Pierre Nora (1931), Nicolas Anelka (1979), Pierre Charron (1541), Henri Pitot (1695), and Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692). After him are Marisa Berenson (1947), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), Eugène Carrière (1849), Miou-Miou (1950), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), and Charles Dupuy (1851).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Remy de Gourmont ranks 225. Before him are Xavier de Maistre (1763), Alphonse Allais (1854), Henri de Régnier (1864), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Auguste Maquet (1813), and Jean de Meun (1240). After him are Jules Romains (1885), Théodore de Banville (1823), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), and Henry de Montherlant (1895).

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