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Roger Vailland

1907 - 1965

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Roger Vailland (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe vajɑ̃]; 16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Vailland is the 3,518th most popular writer (down from 3,487th in 2019), the 3,580th most popular biography from France (down from 3,542nd in 2019) and the 458th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roger Vailland ranks 3,518 out of 7,302. Before him are Jakob Hurt, Anthony Horowitz, Kálmán Mikszáth, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Shudraka, and Max Gallo. After him are John Flanagan, Fanny Crosby, Mahmoud Shabestari, Évariste de Parny, Claudius Salmasius, and Krišjānis Barons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Roger Vailland ranks 195. Before him are Fritz Szepan, Heikki Savolainen, Victor Capesius, Peggy Ashcroft, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, and George Baird. After him are František Junek, Amedeo Nazzari, Benny Carter, James A. Michener, Sándor Veress, and Giuseppe Occhialini. Among people deceased in 1965, Roger Vailland ranks 111. Before him are Georges Vantongerloo, Clemente Micara, Hamo Beknazarian, Albert Gutterson, Viola Desmond, and Edgar Ende. After him are Aldo Nadi, Mostafa El-Nahas, Henry Cowell, Dorothy Dandridge, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Julius Skutnabb.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Vailland ranks 3,580 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Jean Martinon (1910), Claude Pinoteau (1925), Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914), Alex Thépot (1906), and Max Gallo (1932). After him are Pierre Fresnay (1897), Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839), Gustave Lanson (1857), Claudius Salmasius (1588), Jean Rostand (1894), and Elisabeth Abegg (1882).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Roger Vailland ranks 458. Before him are Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), Isaac de Benserade (1613), René Barjavel (1911), Max Aub (1909), Édouard Drumont (1844), and Max Gallo (1932). After him are Claudius Salmasius (1588), Charles Simon Favart (1710), Thomas Corneille (1625), Antoine de la Sale (1388), Henry Becque (1837), and Ferdinand Brunetière (1849).

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