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René Char

1907 - 1988

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René Émile Char (French: [ʃaʁ]; 14 June 1907 – 19 February 1988) was a French poet and member of the French Resistance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Char is the 1,618th most popular writer (down from 1,475th in 2019), the 1,871st most popular biography from France (down from 1,714th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, René Char ranks 1,618 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Ubertino of Casale, Ken Wilber, Constance Lloyd, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, and Henry de Montherlant. After him are Robert Brasillach, Thomas Moore, Hannah Szenes, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Ludwig Börne, and Jacques Amyot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, René Char ranks 88. Before him are John G. Trump, Jan Patočka, Marcel Bezençon, Mehdi Bazargan, Jean Hyppolite, and Franz Jägerstätter. After him are Antonín Puč, Altiero Spinelli, Nicolaus von Below, Avraham Stern, Anne Desclos, and Mahadevi Varma. Among people deceased in 1988, René Char ranks 56. Before him are Dino Grandi, Paul Grice, Muzafer Sherif, John Carradine, Piero Taruffi, and Isamu Noguchi. After him are Antonín Puč, Viktors Arājs, Renato Salvatori, Raymond Dart, Bluma Zeigarnik, and Sergey Gorshkov.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Char ranks 1,871 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Picard (1620), Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Léon Cogniet (1794), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), and Henry de Montherlant (1895). After him are Hubert Lyautey (1854), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Barbara (1930), Robert Brasillach (1909), Jules Breton (1827), and Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, René Char ranks 232. Before 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). After him are Robert Brasillach (1909), Jacques Amyot (1513), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Robert Desnos (1900), Adèle Hugo (1830), and Jean Bodel (1165).

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