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Alain-Fournier

1886 - 1914

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Henri-Alban Fournier (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ fuʁnje]; 3 October 1886 – 22 September 1914), known by the pseudonym Alain-Fournier (French: [alɛ̃ fuʁnje]), was 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 185,045 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Alain-Fournier is the 1,120th most popular writer (up from 1,167th in 2019), the 1,276th most popular biography from France (up from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 164th 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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Notable Works

Le grand Meaulnes
1913
Miracles
1924
The Wanderer
1971
The wanderer (Le grand Meaulnes)
1971
Der große Meaulnes
1994
Le Grand Meaulnes
French language
Analyse : Roman d'amour. Roman psychologique.
1959

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alain-Fournier ranks 1,120 out of 7,302. Before him are Yakub Kolas, Henri Michaux, Bernardino de Sahagún, Zenodotus, Ernst Hanfstaengl, and P. L. Travers. After him are Norman Mailer, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Agathon, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Lü Dongbin, and Edmund Spenser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Alain-Fournier ranks 47. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Marcel Dupré, Franz Rosenzweig, Dong Biwu, Edward C. Tolman, and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Gottfried Benn, Erich Fellgiebel, Willem Drees, Tsuguharu Foujita, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and Jisaburō Ozawa. Among people deceased in 1914, Alain-Fournier ranks 25. Before him are Ambrose Bierce, Maximilian von Spee, Alexander Samsonov, Alphonse Bertillon, Charles Péguy, and Alfred Thayer Mahan. After him are Empress Shōken, Joseph Chamberlain, Louis Couturat, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, John Tenniel, and Joseph Swan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain-Fournier ranks 1,276 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Élisée Reclus (1830), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Roger Ducos (1747), and Édouard Lucas (1842). After him are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Philippe Starck (1949), Nathalie Baye (1948), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), and Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alain-Fournier ranks 164. Before him are Paul Bourget (1852), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Charles Péguy (1873), and Jean Giono (1895). After him are Clément Marot (1495), Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Chevalier d'Éon (1728).

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