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Roland Dorgelès

1885 - 1973

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Roland Dorgelès (French pronunciation: [dɔʁʒəlɛs]; 15 June 1885 – 18 March 1973) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt. Born in Amiens, Somme, under the name Roland Lecavelé (he adopted the pen name Dorgelès to commemorate visits to the spa town of Argelès), he spent his childhood in Paris. A prolific author, he is most renowned for the Prix Femina-winning Wooden crosses (Les croix de bois), a moving study of World War I, in which he served. It was published in 1919 (in English by William Heinemann in 1920). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Dorgelès is the 5,062nd most popular writer (up from 5,392nd in 2019), the 4,564th most popular biography from France (up from 4,704th in 2019) and the 575th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Roland Dorgelès ranks 5,062 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuriy Fedkovych, Jeffrey Eugenides, George Călinescu, Han Yong-un, Walter Kempowski, and Margery Allingham. After him are John Gardner, Mary Stewart, Daína Chaviano, Sarah Kane, Vasily Yan, and George du Maurier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Roland Dorgelès ranks 213. Before him are Margaret Harwood, Stith Thompson, Miroslav Kraljević, Anita Rée, María Grever, and Malcolm Campbell. After him are Tommaso Costantino, Percy Hobart, Américo Castro, Charles Henry Bartlett, José Durand Laguna, and Jaafar Al-Askari. Among people deceased in 1973, Roland Dorgelès ranks 216. Before him are Rodolphe Hiden, François Bonlieu, Washington Ortuño, Pixinguinha, Cecil Kellaway, and Tomoji Abe. After him are M. Ageyev, Mahmud Taymur, Robert Armstrong, Estanislau de Figueiredo Pamplona, Albert Paris Gütersloh, and Alberto Denegri.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roland Dorgelès ranks 4,564 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Louis Courier (1772), Léon-Étienne Duval (1903), Claudie Haigneré (1957), Richard Dembo (1948), Camille Erlanger (1863), and Josette Day (1914). After him are Jean-Claude Magnan (1941), Marisol Escobar (1930), Lucien Mérignac (1873), George du Maurier (1834), Yves Herbet (1945), and Roger de Barbarin (1860).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Roland Dorgelès ranks 575. Before him are Jean Cayrol (1911), Jean Aicard (1848), Albert Samain (1858), Hervé Guibert (1955), Jean Vautrin (1933), and Paul Louis Courier (1772). After him are George du Maurier (1834), Michiel de Swaen (1654), Jean-Christophe Rufin (1952), Marguerite Audoux (1863), Jacques Jasmin (1798), and René Boylesve (1867).

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