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Gérard de Nerval

1808 - 1855

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His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2024). Gérard de Nerval is the 588th most popular writer (down from 501st in 2024), the 700th most popular biography from France (down from 587th in 2019) and the 97th most popular French Writer.

Gérard de Nerval was a French poet and novelist who is most famous for his novel "Les Chimères".

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Among Writers

Among writers, Gérard de Nerval ranks 588 out of 7,302. Before him are Bai Juyi, Adam de la Halle, Gaston Leroux, Patrick Süskind, Khaled al-Asaad, and Bohumil Hrabal. After him are George Eliot, William Makepeace Thackeray, Georges Perec, Antoine François Prévost, Denis of Portugal, and Juana Inés de la Cruz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Gérard de Nerval ranks 11. Before him are Patrice de MacMahon, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Frederick VII of Denmark, and Emir Abdelkader. After him are Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, Maria Malibran, Carl Spitzweg, Mohammad Shah Qajar, and Thomas Cook. Among people deceased in 1855, Gérard de Nerval ranks 6. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Søren Kierkegaard, Nicholas I of Russia, Charlotte Brontë, and Adam Mickiewicz. After him are William John Swainson, Adelaide of Austria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Maria Theresa of Austria, William Parry, and Pavel Nakhimov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard de Nerval ranks 700 out of NaN. Before him are Jacques Anquetil (1934), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Francis Picabia (1879), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), and Maurice Gamelin (1872). After him are Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), Pierre Augereau (1757), Georges Perec (1936), Clotilde (475), and Elisa Bonaparte (1777).

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Among Writers In France

Among writers born in France, Gérard de Nerval ranks 97. Before him are Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), Adam de la Halle (1245), and Gaston Leroux (1868). After him are Georges Perec (1936), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ausonius (310), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), and Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922).

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