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Benjamin Péret

1899 - 1959

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Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Péret has received more than 77,939 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Benjamin Péret is the 2,034th most popular writer (down from 1,764th in 2019), the 2,297th most popular biography from France (down from 1,937th in 2019) and the 290th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Benjamin Péret ranks 2,034 out of 5,755Before him are Tomé Pires, John W. Campbell, Georg Heym, Doppo Kunikida, D. R. Bendre, and Giovanni Botero. After him are Yoshida Kenkō, Mohamed Choukri, James M. Cain, Joseph Kessel, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, and Felice Romani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Benjamin Péret ranks 93Before him are Nicolas Frantz, Eugene Ormandy, Wilhelm Röpke, John Barbirolli, Marcel Dalio, and Gustaf Gründgens. After him are Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Mart Stam, Soraya Tarzi, Max Simon, Pancho Vladigerov, and Jimmie Angel. Among people deceased in 1959, Benjamin Péret ranks 59Before him are Lester Young, Albert Ketèlbey, Curt Sachs, George Reeves, Dmitry Manuilsky, and George Antheil. After him are Hitoshi Ashida, Irakli Tsereteli, Werner Krauss, Jose P. Laurel, Enrique Guaita, and Adolf Ziegler.

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In France

Among people born in France, Benjamin Péret ranks 2,297 out of 6,011Before him are Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), Violette Leduc (1907), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Hans von Salmuth (1888), and Marguerite of Lorraine (1615). After him are Henry Beaufort (1374), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Johann Hermann (1738), Louis Poinsot (1777), and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Benjamin Péret ranks 290Before him are Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Jacques Amyot (1513), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), and Violette Leduc (1907). After him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Paul Adam (1862), Fred Vargas (1957), Auguste Maquet (1813), Bernard Palissy (1510), and Nicholas Rémy (1530).