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Leconte de Lisle

1818 - 1894

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Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (French: [ʃaʁl maʁi ʁəne ləkɔ̃t də lil]; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leconte de Lisle has received more than 111,323 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Leconte de Lisle is the 857th most popular writer (down from 794th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Réunion and the 2nd most popular Writer.

LeConte de Lisle is most famous for writing the poem "Chant de Guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" which was a patriotic song in support of the French army during the Franco-Prussian War.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leconte de Lisle ranks 857 out of 5,755Before him are Lafcadio Hearn, Walter Lippmann, Clemens Brentano, Anna Seghers, Achim von Arnim, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. After him are Varlam Shalamov, Maurice Denis, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Kurt Eisner, Éric Zemmour, and Jean Webster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Leconte de Lisle ranks 17Before him are Marius Petipa, Rudolf von Jhering, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Adolf Anderssen, Emperor Norton, and Charles III, Prince of Monaco. After him are Sophie of Württemberg, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Frederick Douglass, Angelo Secchi, and Mary Todd Lincoln. Among people deceased in 1894, Leconte de Lisle ranks 15Before him are Gustave Caillebotte, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Pafnuty Chebyshev, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, and Hans von Bülow. After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Emmanuel Chabrier, Theodor Billroth, Austen Henry Layard, Hassan I of Morocco, and August Kundt.

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In Réunion

Among people born in Réunion, Leconte de Lisle ranks 3 out of 16Before him are Roland Garros (1888) and Michel Houellebecq (1956). After him are Ambroise Vollard (1866), Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796), Raymond Barre (1924), Dimitri Payet (1987), Évariste de Parny (1753), Edmond Albius (1829), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), and Guillaume Hoarau (1984).

Among WRITERS In Réunion

Among writers born in Réunion, Leconte de Lisle ranks 2Before him are Michel Houellebecq (1956). After him are Évariste de Parny (1753).