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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 284,303 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Antoine Galland is the 847th most popular writer (down from 755th in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from France (down from 856th in 2019) and the 131st 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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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

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  • 2.44

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antoine Galland ranks 847 out of 5,755. Before him are Magtymguly Pyragy, Valerius Maximus, Cao Xueqin, Ibycus, Rubén Darío, and Eleanor Marx. After him are Theodor Fontane, Dio Chrysostom, Božena Němcová, Lafcadio Hearn, Walter Lippmann, and Clemens Brentano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1646, Antoine Galland ranks 7. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Christian V of Denmark, Ismail Ibn Sharif, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, John Flamsteed, and Elena Cornaro Piscopia. After him are Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Godfrey Kneller, Hortense Mancini, Charles Plumier, and Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1715, Antoine Galland ranks 9. Before him are Gülnuş Sultan, François Fénelon, Dom Pérignon, Thomas Savery, Marie Mancini, and William Dampier. After him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pu Songling, François Girardon, Mirwais Hotak, and Nicolas Lemery.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Galland ranks 1,003 out of 6,011. Before him are Annie Ernaux (1940), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Jean Rochefort (1930), Claude Cahun (1894), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), and René Girard (1923). After him are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Lucien Laurent (1907), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), Claude of France (1547), and Jacques Hadamard (1865).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Antoine Galland ranks 131. Before him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Jean Anouilh (1910), Laura de Noves (1310), Madame Roland (1754), Theodore Beza (1519), and Annie Ernaux (1940). After him are Maurice Denis (1870), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean de Joinville (1224), Eugène Scribe (1791), Jacques Clément (1567), and Bertran de Born (1140).

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