WRITER

Edmond de Goncourt

1822 - 1896

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Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (pronounced [ɛdmɔ̃ də ɡɔ̃kuʁ]; 26 May 1822 – 16 July 1896) was a French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond de Goncourt has received more than 127,104 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmond de Goncourt is the 743rd most popular writer (up from 751st in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from France (down from 884th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular French Writer.

Edmond de Goncourt is most famous for his novel "Germinie Lacerteux," which is about a seamstress who falls in love with her boss.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.51

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Notable Works

Germinie Lacerteux
1800
La femme au dix-huitième siècle
1862
Renée Mauperin
French fiction
1800
Les frères Zemganno
1879
La fille Élisa
1877
Journal
1887

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 743 out of 7,302. Before him are Otto of Freising, Georg Büchner, Pierre Boulle, Yanka Kupala, John Dos Passos, and Berossus. After him are Theognis of Megara, A. J. Cronin, Felix Salten, Sven Hassel, Taha Hussein, and Aelius Donatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 17. Before him are Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Charles Hermite, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Étienne Lenoir, Sa'id of Egypt, and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest. After him are Rosa Bonheur, Midhat Pasha, Adelaide of Austria, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, and Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1896, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 16. Before him are Otto Lilienthal, José Rizal, John Everett Millais, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and H. H. Holmes. After him are Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, John Langdon Down, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, and Ichiyō Higuchi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 895 out of 6,770. Before him are Lucile Randon (1904), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), Pierre Boulle (1912), and Jules Ferry (1832). After him are Claudine Auger (1941), Richard I of Normandy (933), Jean Giraud (1938), Paul Delaroche (1797), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), and John I of Aragon (1350).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 123. Before him are Alain-René Lesage (1668), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Edmond Rostand (1868), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), and Pierre Boulle (1912). After him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Jean Anouilh (1910), Antoine Galland (1646), Theodore Beza (1519), Georges Bernanos (1888), and Charles Maurras (1868).

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