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Robert de Boron

1110 - 1300

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Robert de Boron (also spelled in the manuscripts "Roberz", "Borron", "Bouron", "Beron") was a French poet active around the late 12th and early 13th centuries, notable as the reputed author of the poems Joseph d'Arimathie and Merlin. Although little is known of Robert apart from the poems he allegedly wrote, these works and subsequent prose redactions of them had a strong influence on later incarnations of the Arthurian legend and its prose cycles, in particular through their Christianisation and redefinition of the previously ambiguous Grail motif and the character of Merlin, as well as vastly increasing the prominence of the latter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert de Boron is the 2,015th most popular writer (down from 1,734th in 2019), the 2,285th most popular biography from France (down from 1,987th in 2019) and the 288th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Robert de Boron ranks 2,015 out of 7,302. Before him are Alciphron, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Robert Chambers, Desanka Maksimović, Yuan Zhen, and Vishnu Sharma. After him are Dora d'Istria, Audre Lorde, Johann Nestroy, Katia Mann, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, and Marko Vovchok.

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Among people born in 1110, Robert de Boron ranks 15. Before him are García Ramírez of Navarre, Maurice de Sully, Godfrey II, Count of Louvain, Kaykaus I, Richard of Saint Victor, and Hodierna of Jerusalem. After him are Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Rostislav I of Kiev, Abraham ibn Daud, Bertha of Sulzbach, Boril of Bulgaria, and Euphrosyne of Polotsk. Among people deceased in 1300, Robert de Boron ranks 13. Before him are Trần Hưng Đạo, Maria Palaiologina, Anonymus, Roy Mata, Chaka of Bulgaria, and Liang Kai. After him are Kilij Arslan III, Mitso Asen of Bulgaria, Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Ivanko, Dobromir Chrysos, and Alexius Slav.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert de Boron ranks 2,285 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne Golon (1921), René Pottier (1879), Émile Baudot (1845), Maurice Papon (1910), Jean Metzinger (1883), and Jérôme Lejeune (1926). After him are Paul Émile Appell (1855), Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Nominoe (800), Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249), Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1006), and Henri Wallon (1879).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Robert de Boron ranks 288. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Paul Morand (1888), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), and Anne Golon (1921). After him are Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Isaac the Blind (1160), Pierre Plantard (1920), François Hotman (1524), and Menasseh Ben Israel (1604).

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