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Jean Cayrol

1911 - 2005

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Jean Cayrol (French: [kɛʁɔl]; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Cayrol has received more than 50,978 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Cayrol is the 4,968th most popular writer (down from 4,539th in 2019), the 4,463rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,035th in 2019) and the 575th most popular French Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

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  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Passe-temps de l'homme et des oiseaux
1947
Muriel
1963
Le froid du soleil
1963
Je vivrai l'amour des autres
1947
Poésie-journal
1969
Le déménagement
1956

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Cayrol ranks 4,968 out of 7,302. Before him are Nestor Kukolnik, István Fekete, Thomas Dekker, Adolf Brand, Manuel Alegre, and Frank Belknap Long. After him are Gavino Ledda, Vasily Yan, Richard Hughes, Jakob van Hoddis, William Dean Howells, and Umihana Čuvidina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jean Cayrol ranks 267. Before him are Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Leslie Graham, Bill Monroe, C. L. Moore, Matthias Kaburek, and Reidar Andersen. After him are Shoichi Sakata, Alfred Manessier, Nikolai Baibakov, Szilárd Bogdánffy, Zoltán Beke, and Álvaro Cunqueiro. Among people deceased in 2005, Jean Cayrol ranks 250. Before him are Richard Burns, Thadée Cisowski, Miriam Rothschild, Jaime Sin, Robin Cook, and Kihachi Okamoto. After him are Elisabeth Domitien, John Fiedler, Joe Ranft, Annemarie Heinrich, Lucien Carr, and Jean Parker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Cayrol ranks 4,463 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Colombier (1939), Alain Daniélou (1907), Emma Shapplin (1974), Henry Monnier (1799), Jean-Paul Proust (1940), and Eugénie Cotton (1881). After him are William de Longchamp (1101), Yves Coppens (1934), Alfred Manessier (1911), André Chéron (1895), André Pilette (1918), and Emmanuelle Devos (1964).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Cayrol ranks 575. Before him are Jean-Christophe Rufin (1952), Eugène Guillevic (1907), Frédérick Tristan (1931), Albert Londres (1884), Régine Deforges (1935), and Henry Monnier (1799). After him are Bernard Clavel (1923), Victoire Léodile Béra (1824), Jacques Roubaud (1932), René Bazin (1853), Raymond Schwartz (1894), and Jean Aicard (1848).

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