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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

1711 - 1780

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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (French: [ʒan maʁi ləpʁɛ̃s də bomɔ̃] ⓘ; 26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the best-known version of Beauty and the Beast. Born to a middle-class family, she was raised alongside her younger sister, Catherine Aimée. Both were provided education at a convent school and stayed on as teachers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont has received more than 522,228 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is the 1,191st most popular writer (down from 1,072nd in 2019), the 1,377th most popular biography from France (down from 1,206th in 2019) and the 176th most popular French Writer.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is most famous for her 18th century fairy tales, including "The Beauty and the Beast" and "Puss in Boots."

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  • 24

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 1,191 out of 5,755Before her are Gottfried Keller, Henri Murger, Herrad of Landsberg, John Dickson Carr, Hélène Cixous, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. After her are Paul Bourget, Roger Caillois, Gabriele Amorth, Claudio Magris, Max Nordau, and John Berger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 9Before her are Mikhail Lomonosov, Roger Joseph Boscovich, William IV, Prince of Orange, Laura Bassi, Barbara of Portugal, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. After her are Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Ablai Khan, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, William Boyce, and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. Among people deceased in 1780, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 6Before her are Maria Theresa, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Bernardo Bellotto, and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria. After her are Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, and Kristijonas Donelaitis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 1,377 out of 6,011Before her are Petrus Ramus (1515), Sophie of France (1734), Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), and Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734). After her are Anne Geneviève de Bourbon (1619), Humbert of Silva Candida (1000), Paul Bourget (1852), Roger Caillois (1913), Lazare Hoche (1768), and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ranks 176Before her are Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Henri Murger (1822). After her are Paul Bourget (1852), Roger Caillois (1913), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Vivant Denon (1747), Victorien Sardou (1831), and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893).