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Alain-Fournier

1886 - 1914

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Alain-Fournier (French: [a.lɛ̃.fuʁ.nje]) was the pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier (3 October 1886 – 22 September 1914), a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), which has been filmed twice and is considered a classic of French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain-Fournier has received more than 171,143 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Alain-Fournier is the 1,169th most popular writer (up from 1,186th in 2019), the 1,348th most popular biography from France (down from 1,341st in 2019) and the 171st most popular French Writer.

Alain-Fournier is most famous for his novel Le Grand Meaulnes, which is about a young man who is trying to find and meet his love.

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  • 170k

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

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  • 3.76

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alain-Fournier ranks 1,169 out of 5,755. Before him are Sami Frashëri, Robert Jordan, Marilyn vos Savant, Dylan Thomas, P. L. Travers, and Jernej Kopitar. After him are Theodor Storm, Léon Bloy, Elsa Triolet, Sophia Tolstaya, Léon Werth, and Adolfo Bioy Casares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Alain-Fournier ranks 48. Before him are Garegin Nzhdeh, Raymond A. Spruance, Jisaburō Ozawa, Dong Biwu, Rex Stout, and Franz Rosenzweig. After him are Vittorio Pozzo, Tsuguharu Foujita, Raoul Hausmann, Gottfried Benn, Marcel Dupré, and Erich Fellgiebel. Among people deceased in 1914, Alain-Fournier ranks 26. Before him are Alphonse Bertillon, Alexander Samsonov, Georges Picquart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Joseph Chamberlain, and Joseph Swan. After him are John Tenniel, Charles Péguy, Empress Shōken, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Theodor Kittelsen, and Christian Morgenstern.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain-Fournier ranks 1,348 out of 6,011. Before him are Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Lambert Wilson (1958), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Georges Bidault (1899), and Ansegisel (602). After him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Alain de Benoist (1943), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Léon Bloy (1846), and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alain-Fournier ranks 171. Before him are Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), Michel Tournier (1924), and Jean Giono (1895). After him are Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Henri Murger (1822), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), and Paul Bourget (1852).

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