WRITER

André Chénier

1762 - 1794

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André Marie Chénier (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe maʁi ʃenje]; 30 October 1762 – 25 July 1794) was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Chénier has received more than 209,539 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). André Chénier is the 679th most popular writer (up from 771st in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 320th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Turkish Writer.

André Chénier is most famous for his poem "Ode à la Liberté" which was written in 1794.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, André Chénier ranks 679 out of 7,302. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lawrence Durrell, Marie de France, Maurice Blanchot, Sei Shōnagon, and Bernard Gui. After him are Novatian, Phillis Wheatley, Derek Walcott, Joseph of Anchieta, Jacinto Benavente, and Claudian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, André Chénier ranks 4. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, George IV of the United Kingdom, and Constanze Mozart. After him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Gia Long, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Jacques Balmat, Pierre André Latreille, Theroigne de Mericourt, and María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba. Among people deceased in 1794, André Chénier ranks 12. Before him are Camille Desmoulins, Marquis de Condorcet, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Edward Gibbon, Jacques Hébert, and Élisabeth of France. After him are Georges Couthon, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, William Jones, Georg Forster, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, André Chénier ranks 246 out of 1,347. Before him are Şehzade Abdullah (1776), Aratus (-315), Fatma Sultan (1605), Vitiges (475), Theodore the Studite (759), and Cevdet Sunay (1899). After him are Novatian (220), John IV Laskaris (1250), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), Basiliscus (500), Ctesias (-440), and Constantine Laskaris (1170).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, André Chénier ranks 13. Before him are Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Yunus Emre (1240), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Aratus (-315), and Theodore the Studite (759). After him are Novatian (220), Dio Chrysostom (40), Ahmad Khani (1650), Ibn Hawqal (943), Aziz Nesin (1915), and Theodoret (393).

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