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Daniel Guérin

1904 - 1988

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Daniel Guérin (French: [danjɛl ɡeʁɛ̃]; 19 May 1904 – 14 April 1988) was a French libertarian-communist author, best known for his work Anarchism: From Theory to Practice, as well as his collection No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism in which he collected writings on the idea and movement it inspired, from the first writings of Max Stirner in the mid-19th century through the first half of the 20th century. He is also known for his opposition to Nazism, fascism, capitalism, imperialism and colonialism, in addition to his support for the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) during the Spanish Civil War. His revolutionary defense of free love and homosexuality influenced the development of queer anarchism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Guérin has received more than 182,694 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Guérin is the 3,370th most popular writer (down from 2,971st in 2019), the 3,460th most popular biography from France (down from 3,068th in 2019) and the 437th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Guérin ranks 3,370 out of 7,302Before him are Cristina Peri Rossi, Anar Rzayev, Fanny Crosby, Rutebeuf, Jan Arnošt Smoler, and Willibald Pirckheimer. After him are Gunilla Bergström, Viktor Astafyev, Robert de Clari, Corrado Alvaro, Itō Noe, and Philotheus of Pskov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Daniel Guérin ranks 165Before him are Nikos Skalkottas, Bruce Cabot, Ibrahim Moustafa, Ciriaco Errasti, Aleksei Kapler, and Abdullah Goran. After him are Salomėja Nėris, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Giulio Gaudini, Xenophon Zolotas, and Dmitri Ivanenko. Among people deceased in 1988, Daniel Guérin ranks 117Before him are Ulanhu, Pietro Arcari, Son House, Shen Congwen, Roy Buchanan, and Marcel Bozzuffi. After him are Herbert Feigl, Nikolay Makarov, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Josep Tarradellas, Michel Auclair, and Anatoly Levchenko.

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In France

Among people born in France, Daniel Guérin ranks 3,460 out of 6,770Before him are Anne Vernon (1924), Marcel Bozzuffi (1928), Willy Sagnol (1977), Rutebeuf (1300), Loyset Compère (1440), and Henri Ernest Baillon (1827). After him are Dominique Perrault (1953), Philippe Gaubert (1879), Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1586), Robert de Clari (1170), Paulette Dubost (1910), and Robert Jonquet (1925).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Daniel Guérin ranks 437Before him are Jean Rotrou (1609), Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Isaac de Benserade (1613), Henry Becque (1837), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), and Rutebeuf (1300). After him are Robert de Clari (1170), Jean Effel (1908), Alexis Piron (1689), Octave Feuillet (1821), Gérard de Villiers (1929), and Jean-François Regnard (1655).