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Claude Simon

French writer

1913 - 2005

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His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2024). Claude Simon is the 291st most popular writer (up from 299th in 2024), the most popular biography from Madagascar and the most popular Malagasy Writer.

Claude Simon was a French novelist, poet, and essayist. He is most famous for his novels "The Flanders Road" and "The Golden Fleece."

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Claude Simon is the highest-ranked of the 36 individuals in Pantheon born in Madagascar.

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Claude Simon's biography appears in 85 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 96% of all Writers.

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Claude Simon shares a October 10 birthday with Giuseppe Verdi, Selim I, and Fridtjof Nansen.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Claude Simon ranks 291 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Corneille, Ludovico Ariosto, Marcus Terentius Varro, Eckhart Tolle, Patrick Modiano, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt. After him are Luigi Pirandello, Jacob Grimm, Bram Stoker, Walt Whitman, Alfonso X of Castile, and Paul Auster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Claude Simon ranks 12. Before him are Vivien Leigh, Menachem Begin, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Burt Lancaster, and Klaus Barbie. After him are Paul Ricœur, Josef Bican, Willis Lamb, Jesse Owens, Bảo Đại, and Gustáv Husák. Among people deceased in 2005, Claude Simon ranks 7. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Edward Heath, Rosa Parks, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Arthur Miller, George Best, Paul Ricœur, Peter Drucker, Simon Wiesenthal, and Hans Bethe.

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In Madagascar

Among people born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1 out of 36. After him are Ranavalona I (1788), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Ranavalona III (1861), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Ranavalona II (1829), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Radama II (1829), Rasoherina (1814), and Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906).

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Among Writers In Madagascar

Among writers born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1. After him is Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901).

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