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Robert Brasillach

1909 - 1945

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Robert Brasillach (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁazijak] ; 31 March 1909 – 6 February 1945) was a French author and journalist. He was the editor of Je suis partout, a nationalist newspaper which advocated fascist movements and supported Jacques Doriot. After the liberation of France in 1944, he was executed following a trial and Charles de Gaulle's express refusal to grant him a pardon. Brasillach was executed for advocating collaborationism, denunciation and incitement to murder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Brasillach is the 1,619th most popular writer (down from 1,566th in 2019), the 1,875th most popular biography from France (down from 1,826th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Brasillach ranks 1,619 out of 7,302Before him are Ubertino of Casale, Ken Wilber, Constance Lloyd, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Henry de Montherlant, and René Char. After him are Thomas Moore, Hannah Szenes, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Ludwig Börne, Jacques Amyot, and Mehmet Akif Ersoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Robert Brasillach ranks 76Before him are Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Nathan Rosen, Gunnar Björnstrand, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Willi Boskovsky, and Clement Greenberg. After him are Art Tatum, Malcolm Lowry, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Lennart Bernadotte, Golo Mann, and Adalbert Deșu. Among people deceased in 1945, Robert Brasillach ranks 117Before him are Takeichi Nishi, Walter Krüger, Takijirō Ōnishi, Lord Alfred Douglas, Constanze Manziarly, and Franz Hössler. After him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Robert Desnos, August Hirt, Le Pétomane, Rudolf Lange, and Hajime Sugiyama.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Brasillach ranks 1,875 out of 6,770Before him are Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), Henry de Montherlant (1895), René Char (1907), Hubert Lyautey (1854), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), and Barbara (1930). After him are Jules Breton (1827), Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753), Lucas (null), Jacques Ellul (1912), and Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Robert Brasillach ranks 233Before him are Théodore de Banville (1823), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Henry de Montherlant (1895), and René Char (1907). After him are Jacques Amyot (1513), Rodulfus Glaber (985), Robert Desnos (1900), Adèle Hugo (1830), Jean Bodel (1165), and André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909).