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Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

1838 - 1889

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Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (7 November 1838 – 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam has received more than 151,099 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is the 931st most popular writer (up from 1,018th in 2019), the 1,096th most popular biography from France (up from 1,150th in 2019) and the 145th most popular French Writer.

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is most famous for his novel "Axel" which was published in 1859.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

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  • 2.31

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 931 out of 5,755. Before him are James Jones, Alexandra David-Néel, Ben Jonson, Arthur Adamov, Roger Zelazny, and Thietmar of Merseburg. After him are Ahmad Khani, Ivan Gundulić, Jan Potocki, Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, and Ahmed Deedat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 17. Before him are Ernest Solvay, Émile Loubet, Léon Gambetta, Yamagata Aritomo, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. After him are Liliʻuokalani, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Camille Jordan, William Henry Perkin, Edward W. Morley, and Anton Mauve. Among people deceased in 1889, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 14. Before him are Luís I of Portugal, Mihai Eminescu, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, and Wilkie Collins. After him are Marie of Prussia, Wilhelm Tempel, Giovanni Bottesini, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and Robert Browning.

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In France

Among people born in France, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 1,096 out of 6,011. Before him are Agnes of Poitou (1025), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), and Nicolas Chauvin (1790). After him are Charles Nodier (1780), Manu Chao (1961), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), William of Gellone (750), and Claudette Colbert (1903).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ranks 145. Before him are Charles Maurras (1868), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Georges Bernanos (1888), André Bazin (1918), Jules Renard (1864), and Alexandra David-Néel (1868). After him are Charles Nodier (1780), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), Paulinus of Nola (354), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), and Nicolas Chamfort (1741).

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