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Émile Nelligan

1879 - 1941

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Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French. Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figure in Quebec culture and was considered by Edmund Wilson to be the greatest Canadian poet in any language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Nelligan is the 4,494th most popular writer (up from 4,499th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Canada (down from 313th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among writers, Émile Nelligan ranks 4,494 out of 7,302. Before him are Yosef Haim Brenner, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Catherine Millet, Ferenc Karinthy, Léon Damas, and Mona Simpson. After him are Mongo Beti, Diego Durán, Mykola Khvylovy, Agnes Miegel, Johann Jakob Breitinger, and Bhoja.

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Among people born in 1879, Émile Nelligan ranks 177. Before him are Pierre Cérésole, Benjamin Christensen, Cyril Scott, Will Rogers, Adolf Lindfors, and Martin Mutschmann. After him are Agnes Miegel, Rudolf Friml, Henri Tauzin, Mazo de la Roche, Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok, and Jean Gilbert. Among people deceased in 1941, Émile Nelligan ranks 154. Before him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Nikolai Gastello, Penelope Delta, Lev Dovator, Frederick Moloney, and Fritz Noether. After him are Hermann Wilker, Paul von Hintze, Tom Phillips, Verner Järvinen, Franz Bartl, and Yekaterina Zelenko.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Émile Nelligan ranks 357 out of 1,622. Before him are Dan Levy (1983), Harriet Brooks (1876), August Schellenberg (1936), Naomi Klein (1970), Linda Thorson (1947), and Natalya Neidhart (1982). After him are Duncan McNaughton (1910), Samuel Cunard (1787), Mary Pierce (1975), Harold Innis (1894), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), and Doug Rogers (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Émile Nelligan ranks 20. Before him are Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Anne Hébert (1916), David Shore (1959), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Louise Penny (1958), and Naomi Klein (1970). After him are Mazo de la Roche (1879), Anne Carson (1950), Laurence J. Peter (1919), Nancy Huston (1953), Grant Allen (1848), and Steven Erikson (1959).

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