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René Barjavel

1911 - 1985

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René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris and the madness of war, but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love. René Barjavel wrote several novels with these themes, such as Ravage (translated as Ashes, ashes), Le Grand Secret, La Nuit des temps (translated as The Ice People), and Une rose au paradis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Barjavel is the 3,486th most popular writer (down from 3,431st in 2019), the 3,558th most popular biography from France (down from 3,512th in 2019) and the 454th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, René Barjavel ranks 3,486 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniël Heinsius, Kurd Lasswitz, Isaac de Benserade, Erri De Luca, Gunnar Heiberg, and Yervant Odian. After him are Jędrzej Śniadecki, Gabrielle Roy, Ahmad Shamlou, Lajos Bíró, Doppo Kunikida, and Vladislav Vančura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, René Barjavel ranks 171. Before him are Anatoly Rybakov, Gabriel Almond, Paul Augustin Mayer, Floyd Council, Guy Burgess, and Heinz von Foerster. After him are Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Grote Reber, Xiao Hong, Harry Andrews, and Tarō Okamoto. Among people deceased in 1985, René Barjavel ranks 129. Before him are Helene Engelmann, Enrique Fernández Viola, Samantha Smith, Salvador Espriu, Pavel Batov, and Victor Capesius. After him are Attilio Bettega, Francesca Bertini, Haruo Remeliik, Ana Mendieta, Márton Bukovi, and Gerhard Stöck.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Barjavel ranks 3,558 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Auguste Franchomme (1808), Dany Robin (1927), Johannes de Muris (1290), Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779), and Isaac de Benserade (1613). After him are Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747), Luigi Pelloux (1839), Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou (1040), Beatrice of England (1242), René Goblet (1828), and Marc Ferro (1924).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, René Barjavel ranks 454. Before him are Remigius of Auxerre (841), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Bernard Maris (1946), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), and Isaac de Benserade (1613). After him are Max Aub (1909), Édouard Drumont (1844), Max Gallo (1932), Roger Vailland (1907), Claudius Salmasius (1588), and Charles Simon Favart (1710).

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