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Théodore de Banville

1823 - 1891

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Étienne Jean Baptiste Claude Théodore Faullain de Banville (French pronunciation: [teɔdɔʁ folɛ̃ də bɑ̃vil]; 14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Théodore de Banville is the 1,587th most popular writer (up from 1,858th in 2019), the 1,845th most popular biography from France (up from 2,114th in 2019) and the 227th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Théodore de Banville ranks 1,587 out of 7,302Before him are Jørgen Moe, Jules Romains, John of Kronstadt, Diagoras of Melos, Joseph Needham, and Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. After him are Eileen Chang, Flannery O'Connor, Tomi Ungerer, Philippe de Commines, Martin of Opava, and Caroline Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Théodore de Banville ranks 24Before him are Mackenzie Bowell, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alexander Ostrovsky, Charles III, Duke of Parma, Jean Chacornac, and Mihailo Obrenović. After him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Ante Starčević, Katsu Kaishū, Joseph Monier, Gotthold Eisenstein, and Pyotr Lavrov. Among people deceased in 1891, Théodore de Banville ranks 37Before him are Joseph Petzval, Ernest Meissonier, William Tecumseh Sherman, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Johan Jongkind, and Louis Lucien Bonaparte. After him are Kalākaua, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, Fredrik Pacius, and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.

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In France

Among people born in France, Théodore de Banville ranks 1,845 out of 6,770Before him are Blanche of Bourbon (1339), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Jules Romains (1885), and Nicolas Catinat (1637). After him are Brigitte Fossey (1946), Corinne Cléry (1950), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), and Gaston Planté (1834).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Théodore de Banville ranks 227Before him are Henri de Régnier (1864), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Auguste Maquet (1813), Jean de Meun (1240), Remy de Gourmont (1858), and Jules Romains (1885). After him are Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Henry de Montherlant (1895), René Char (1907), and Robert Brasillach (1909).