WRITER

Alphonse de Châteaubriant

1877 - 1951

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Alphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s də ʃɑtobʁijɑ̃]; 25 March 1877 – 2 May 1951) was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1911 for his novel Monsieur de Lourdines and Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for La Brière in 1923. After a visit to Germany in 1935 he became an enthusiastic advocate for Nazism. Along with other Breton nationalists he supported fascist and anti-semitic ideas in opposition to the French state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonse de Châteaubriant has received more than 61,629 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alphonse de Châteaubriant is the 4,075th most popular writer (down from 3,962nd in 2019), the 3,943rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,711th in 2019) and the 502nd most popular French Writer.

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Notable Works

Les pas ont chanté
1938
Monsieur des Lourdines
1911
La Brière
1923
La réponse du seigneur
1933
Cahiers, 1906-1951
1951
La Brière
1985

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 4,075 out of 7,302. Before him are Claude Aveline, Ivo Brešan, Michel Carré, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Theodor Plievier, and Ameen Rihani. After him are Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Apollon Maykov, Hervé Guibert, Ryhor Baradulin, and Maurice Genevoix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 116. Before him are Maurice Farman, Vladimir Gardin, Buddy Bolden, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, and Ugo Cerletti. After him are Noël Bas, Miltiadis Gouskos, Shefqet Vërlaci, Georgy Sedov, Sidney Johnson, and Frederick Twort. Among people deceased in 1951, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 117. Before him are Ernesto Ambrosini, Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, Haj Ali Razmara, Nikola Mushanov, Karel Teige, and Edith Hannam. After him are Carl Albert Andersen, Henry Carton de Wiart, Peter Cheyney, Miyamoto Yuriko, Anna Tumarkin, and Fritz Julius Kuhn.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 3,943 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Aveline (1901), Rémi Brague (1947), Michel Carré (1821), André Simon (1920), René Petit (1899), and François Perrier (1833). After him are Hervé Guibert (1955), Dominique Blanc (1956), Kingsley Coman (1996), Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939), Maurice Genevoix (1890), and Grégory Coupet (1972).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alphonse de Châteaubriant ranks 502. Before him are Gabrielle Wittkop (1920), Rémy Belleau (1528), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), André Schwarz-Bart (1928), Claude Aveline (1901), and Michel Carré (1821). After him are Hervé Guibert (1955), Maurice Genevoix (1890), Petrus Borel (1809), Jean de Brunhoff (1899), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), and Johann Fischart (1546).

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