WRITER

Antoine Galland

1646 - 1715

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Antoine Galland (French: [ɑ̃twan ɡalɑ̃]; 4 April 1646 – 17 February 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European translator of One Thousand and One Nights, which he called Les mille et une nuits. His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a significant influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the Islamic world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Galland has received more than 303,126 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Antoine Galland is the 771st most popular writer (up from 846th in 2019), the 914th most popular biography from France (up from 1,000th in 2019) and the 126th most popular French Writer.

Antoine Galland was a French traveler and writer who is most famous for his translation of "One Thousand and One Nights" into French.

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  • 2.49

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antoine Galland ranks 771 out of 7,302. Before him are Gregory Skovoroda, Katherine Mansfield, Neal Cassady, Aelia Eudocia, Masaru Emoto, and Gregory of Narek. After him are Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Arrigo Boito, William McMaster Murdoch, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Blok, and Eleanor Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1646, Antoine Galland ranks 6. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Christian V of Denmark, Ismail Ibn Sharif, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, and Elena Cornaro Piscopia. After him are John Flamsteed, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Godfrey Kneller, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Hortense Mancini, and Alexandre Exquemelin. Among people deceased in 1715, Antoine Galland ranks 6. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Nicolas Malebranche, Gülnuş Sultan, François Fénelon, and Dom Pérignon. After him are Marie Mancini, William Dampier, Thomas Savery, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Galland ranks 914 out of 6,770. Before him are Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Claude Chappe (1763), Jean Anouilh (1910), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), and Stéphane Audran (1932). After him are Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Francis Lai (1932), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Chilperic I (539), and Theodore Beza (1519).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Antoine Galland ranks 126. Before him are Edmond Rostand (1868), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Pierre Boulle (1912), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), and Jean Anouilh (1910). After him are Theodore Beza (1519), Georges Bernanos (1888), Charles Maurras (1868), Laura de Noves (1310), Juliette Récamier (1777), and Jules Renard (1864).

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