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Sébastien Japrisot

1931 - 2003

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Sébastien Japrisot (French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ ʒapʁizo]; 4 July 1931 – 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke down the established formulas "into their component pieces to re-combine them in original and paradoxical ways." Some critics argue that though Japrisot's work may lack the explicit experimental element present in the novels of some of his contemporaries, it shows influences of structuralist theories and the unorthodox techniques of the New Novelists. He remains little known in the English-speaking world, though all his novels have been translated into English and all but one of them have been made into films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sébastien Japrisot is the 2,189th most popular writer (down from 1,980th in 2019), the 2,457th most popular biography from France (down from 2,235th in 2019) and the 308th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Sébastien Japrisot ranks 2,189 out of 7,302. Before him are Terry Eagleton, Gaston III, Count of Foix, Andrey Kurkov, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Albert Cohen, and Ai Qing. After him are Raymond E. Feist, Julian Tuwim, Anton Bernolák, Sven Nordqvist, Christina Rossetti, and Kuvempu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Sébastien Japrisot ranks 158. Before him are Magali Noël, John Milnor, Franco Interlenghi, Olympia Dukakis, Claude Piron, and Rubens de Falco. After him are Christian Metz, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Adriana Asti, Rip Torn, Colin Wilson, and Jan Troell. Among people deceased in 2003, Sébastien Japrisot ranks 95. Before him are Janko Bobetko, Martha Scott, Jacques Deray, Valeriy Brumel, William Steig, and Wendy Hiller. After him are Uday Hussein, Rie Mastenbroek, Fritz Fischer, Guy Thys, Alan Bates, and John Ritter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sébastien Japrisot ranks 2,457 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885), Edgar Faure (1908), and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605). After him are Thomas, Count of Flanders (1199), Maurice Rouvier (1842), Paul Frère (1917), Antoine Béchamp (1816), Renée Simonot (1911), and Richeza of Lotharingia (995).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Sébastien Japrisot ranks 308. Before him are Yvan Goll (1891), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Philippe Sollers (1936), Bernard Palissy (1510), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), and Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331). After him are Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Michel Leiris (1901), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), and Matthieu Ricard (1946).

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