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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 121,033 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Edmond de Goncourt is the 752nd most popular writer (up from 792nd in 2019), the 886th most popular biography from France (down from 885th in 2019) and the 117th 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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  • 38

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  • 7.91

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  • 2.67

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 752 out of 5,755Before him are Solomon Northup, Karl Harrer, Sidonius Apollinaris, Adunis, Sinclair Lewis, and Agathias. After him are Douglas Adams, Miep Gies, Dalton Trumbo, Multatuli, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and Sayat-Nova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 14Before him are Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Étienne Lenoir, Midhat Pasha, Charles Hermite, and Prince Napoléon Bonaparte. After him are Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Adelaide of Austria, Sa'id of Egypt, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Rosa Bonheur. Among people deceased in 1896, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 15Before him are Otto Lilienthal, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ivar Aasen, John Everett Millais, H. H. Holmes, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. After him are José Rizal, Ambroise Thomas, Louis-Jules Trochu, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, John Langdon Down, and Richard Avenarius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 886 out of 6,011Before him are Philippe de Vitry (1291), François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Roger Guillemin (1924), and Louis Vuitton (1821). After him are Odo the Great (650), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Joan the Lame (1293), Georges Couthon (1755), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), and André-Jacques Garnerin (1769).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Edmond de Goncourt ranks 117Before him are Alain-René Lesage (1668), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Jean Froissart (1337), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), and Sidonius Apollinaris (430). After him are Marie de France (1101), George Steiner (1929), Maurice Druon (1918), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Philippe Ariès (1914), and Juliette Récamier (1777).