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Tomi Ungerer

1931 - 2019

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Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmi ˈʊŋəʁɐ] ; 28 November 1931 – 9 February 2019) was a French artist and writer from Alsace (a French region on the French/German border). He published over 140 books ranging from children's books to adult works and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He was known for sharp social satire and witty aphorisms. Ungerer is also famous as a cartoonist and designer of political posters and film posters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomi Ungerer is the 1,590th most popular writer (down from 1,481st in 2019), the 1,849th most popular biography from France (down from 1,717th in 2019) and the 228th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Tomi Ungerer ranks 1,590 out of 7,302. Before him are Diagoras of Melos, Joseph Needham, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Théodore de Banville, Eileen Chang, and Flannery O'Connor. After him are Philippe de Commines, Martin of Opava, Caroline Graham, Dick Bruna, Akka Mahadevi, and Pacuvius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Tomi Ungerer ranks 103. Before him are Toshiki Kaifu, Lamberto Dini, E. C. George Sudarshan, Pierre Nora, Stig Anderson, and Luís Cabral. After him are Caroline Graham, Nikolai Chernykh, Guido de Marco, Jack Swigert, Ted Kotcheff, and Alfred Schmidt. Among people deceased in 2019, Tomi Ungerer ranks 102. Before him are Šaban Šaulić, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jan-Michael Vincent, Stanley Donen, Luke Perry, and ʻAkilisi Pōhiva. After him are Yukiya Amano, Lee Iacocca, György Konrád, Bobby Joe Long, Jessye Norman, and Ginger Baker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Tomi Ungerer ranks 1,849 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Romains (1885), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Théodore de Banville (1823), Brigitte Fossey (1946), Corinne Cléry (1950), and Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446). After him are Philippe de Commines (1447), Gaston Planté (1834), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Pierre Belon (1517), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), and Valentin Haüy (1745).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Tomi Ungerer ranks 228. Before him are Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Auguste Maquet (1813), Jean de Meun (1240), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Jules Romains (1885), and Théodore de Banville (1823). After him are Philippe de Commines (1447), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Henry de Montherlant (1895), René Char (1907), Robert Brasillach (1909), and Jacques Amyot (1513).

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