WRITER

Claude Esteban

1935 - 2006

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Claude Esteban (26 July 1935, Paris – 10 April 2006, Paris) was a French poet. Author of a major poetic œuvre of this last half-century, Claude Esteban wrote numerous essays on art and poetry and was the French translator, inter alia, of Jorge Guillén, Octavio Paz, Borges, García Lorca, or again, Quevedo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Esteban has received more than 20,121 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Esteban is the 5,944th most popular writer (down from 5,410th in 2019), the 4,995th most popular biography from France (down from 4,536th in 2019) and the 635th most popular French Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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Notable Works

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Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Poetry in French with facing English translation.
Diario immobile
Choses lues
Fiction, History and criticism
Soleil dans une pièce vide
Critique de la raison poétique
History and criticism, Poetry
Poèmes parallèles
Dans le vide qui vient
Poèmes parallèles
Soleil dans une pièce vide
Fiction
Transparent God
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Poetry in French with facing English translation.
Sur la dernière lande
Terres, travaux du cœur

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude Esteban ranks 5,944 out of 7,302Before him are Wilma Mankiller, Philippe Delerm, Christian Kracht, Göran Sonnevi, Sita Ram Goel, and Benny Andersen. After him are J. Michael Straczynski, Susan Cooper, Arvo Valton, Álvaro Pombo, Nísia Floresta, and Tomoji Abe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Claude Esteban ranks 463Before him are Gilbert Bozon, Michael Jayston, Óscar Chávez, Győző Forintos, Jim Hall, and Anaid Iplicjian. After him are Susan Cooper, Arvo Valton, Daniel Quinn, Victor Chizhikov, Vicente Cantatore, and Mitsuo Ikeda. Among people deceased in 2006, Claude Esteban ranks 330Before him are Erik Elmsäter, Doug Serrurier, Östen Warnerbring, Gösta Sandberg, Bertha Brouwer, and Óscar González. After him are Valentine Telegdi, Arthur Hill, Robert Lockwood Jr., Philippa Pearce, Lou Jones, and Pierre Amine Gemayel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Esteban ranks 4,995 out of 6,770Before him are Sami Bouajila (1966), Julien Escudé (1979), Muriel Casals i Couturier (1945), Bertrand Meyer (1950), Philippe Delerm (1950), and Henri Padé (1863). After him are Albert Decourtray (1923), Clément Lenglet (1995), François Dupeyron (1950), Michel Bonnevie (1921), Jean-François Domergue (1957), and Pierre Morel (1964).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Esteban ranks 635Before him are Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), Patrick Rambaud (1946), Lydie Salvayre (1948), Samuel Benchetrit (1973), René Boylesve (1867), and Philippe Delerm (1950). After him are Jean-Denis Bredin (1929), François Nourissier (1927), Jean Dutourd (1920), Charles Le Goffic (1863), René Benjamin (1885), and Danièle Sallenave (1940).