WRITER

François Bégaudeau

1971 - Today

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François Bégaudeau (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa beɡodo]; born 27 April 1971) is a French novellist and essayist. He is best known for co-writing and starring in Entre les murs (2008), a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Bégaudeau has received more than 107,547 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). François Bégaudeau is the 6,905th most popular writer (down from 6,230th in 2019), the 5,665th most popular biography from France (down from 5,175th in 2019) and the 671st most popular French Writer.

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  • 3.55

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Bégaudeau ranks 6,905 out of 7,302Before him are Abdourahman Waberi, Richard Flanagan, Kiran Desai, Ishmael Reed, Shobhaa De, and Robert B. Spencer. After him are Alice Dunbar Nelson, Paul Attanasio, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, David Nicholls, William Kamkwamba, and Laurent Gaudé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, François Bégaudeau ranks 652Before him are Masashi Hamauzu, Joel Casamayor, Pia Olsen Dyhr, Raül Romeva, Kiran Desai, and Bobby Lee. After him are Noel Hogan, Manuel Beltrán, Eddie Jones, Daniel Sunjata, Dmitry Nelyubin, and Kristi Yamaguchi.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Bégaudeau ranks 5,665 out of 6,770Before him are Tony Estanguet (1978), Stéphane Ruffier (1986), Franck Durix (1965), Diomansy Kamara (1980), Laurent Wauquiez (1975), and Nicolas Escudé (1976). After him are Clément Grenier (1991), Boulaye Dia (1996), Pakito (1981), Loïc Négo (1991), Édouard Cissé (1978), and Roxane Mesquida (1981).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Bégaudeau ranks 671Before him are Ann Scott (1965), Éliette Abécassis (1969), Alexandre Jardin (1965), Jérôme Ferrari (1968), Maurice G. Dantec (1959), and Alexis Jenni (1963). After him are Laurent Gaudé (1972), Seyhan Kurt (1971), Cyril Montana (1969), Nicolas Mathieu (1978), and Vanessa Grimm (null).