WRITER

Françoise Sagan

1935 - 2004

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Françoise Sagan (French: [fʁɑ̃swaz saɡɑ̃]; born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Françoise Sagan has received more than 0 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Sagan is the 309th most popular writer (down from 271st in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from France (down from 317th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Writer.

Françoise Sagan is most famous for her novel, "Bonjour Tristesse."

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Françoise Sagan ranks 309 out of 7,302. Before her are Carlos Castaneda, Pierre Beaumarchais, Chrétien de Troyes, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Appian, and Antonin Artaud. After her are Ernst Jünger, C. S. Lewis, Gao Xingjian, Roger Martin du Gard, Gertrude Stein, and Guillaume de Machaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Françoise Sagan ranks 12. Before her are Salman of Saudi Arabia, Woody Allen, José Mujica, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Donald Sutherland. After her are Isao Takahata, Hussein of Jordan, Michel Aoun, Arvo Pärt, Erich von Däniken, and Ágota Kristóf. Among people deceased in 2004, Françoise Sagan ranks 9. Before her are Marlon Brando, Ahmed Yassin, Jacques Derrida, Ray Charles, Juliana of the Netherlands, and Francis Crick. After her are Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Czesław Miłosz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Ustinov, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Susan Sontag.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Sagan ranks 348 out of 6,770. Before her are Claude Bernard (1813), John the Fearless (1371), Raymond Kopa (1931), Fernand Braudel (1902), Paul Barras (1755), and Antonin Artaud (1896). After her are Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Brigitte Macron (1953), Philippe Noiret (1930), Louis Renault (1843), and Olivier Messiaen (1908).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Françoise Sagan ranks 56. Before her are Alphonse Daudet (1840), Paul Valéry (1871), Colette (1873), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), and Antonin Artaud (1896). After her are Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Henri Charrière (1906), Ève Curie (1904), André Malraux (1901), and Théophile Gautier (1811).

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