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Victorien Sardou

1831 - 1908

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Victorien Sardou ( sar-DOO, French: [viktɔʁjɛ̃ saʁdu]; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fédora (1882) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) that provided the subjects for the lyrical dramas Fedora (1898) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1915) by Umberto Giordano. His play Gismonda, from 1894, was also adapted into an opera of the same name by Henry Février. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victorien Sardou is the 980th most popular writer (down from 963rd in 2019), the 1,135th most popular biography from France (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Victorien Sardou ranks 980 out of 7,302. Before him are Viktor Shklovsky, Abraham Abulafia, Sonia Rykiel, Hélène Cixous, Avienus, and Sin Saimdang. After him are Bruce Chatwin, Heinrich Kramer, Philip Pullman, Basava, George of Pisidia, and George Gissing.

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Among people born in 1831, Victorien Sardou ranks 18. Before him are Lucy Webb Hayes, Cheoljong of Joseon, Eduard Suess, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Joseph Joachim. After him are Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Nadezhda von Meck, and Nikolai Leskov. Among people deceased in 1908, Victorien Sardou ranks 13. Before him are Pablo de Sarasate, Demetrius Vikelas, Carlos I of Portugal, Edmondo De Amicis, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Jonas Lie. After him are Butch Cassidy, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Radoje Domanović, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Mikhail Chigorin, and Wilhelm Busch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Victorien Sardou ranks 1,135 out of 6,770. Before him are Sonia Rykiel (1930), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Louis Malle (1932), Jean Vigo (1905), Christophe Plantin (1520), and Jean-Pierre Papin (1963). After him are Claude Lanzmann (1925), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Hugh of Italy (880), François Cevert (1944), James II of Majorca (1243), and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Victorien Sardou ranks 143. Before him are Jules Renard (1864), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Giraudoux (1882), and Sonia Rykiel (1930). After him are Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jacques Hébert (1757), Joachim du Bellay (1522), André Bazin (1918), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), and Clément Marot (1495).

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