WRITER

Louis Aragon

1897 - 1982

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Louis Aragon (French: [lwi aʁaɡɔ̃] ; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review Littérature. He was also a novelist and editor, a long-time member of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Aragon has received more than 497,229 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Louis Aragon is the 437th most popular writer (down from 425th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from France (down from 506th in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Writer.

Louis Aragon was a French poet, writer, and member of the French Communist Party. He is most famous for his poetry, which often deals with themes of love and death.

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  • 67.84

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  • 62

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  • 6.28

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  • 4.48

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Notable Works

La mise à mort
1965
Les communistes
1949
Aurelien
1944
Le paysan de Paris
French fiction
1926
Les cloches de Bâle
1934
Le fou d'Elsa
1963
La semaine sainte
French fiction
1958
Les yeux d'Elsa, par Aragon
French poetry
1942
Les voyageurs de l'impériale, roman
French fiction
1942
Le roman inachevé [par] Aragon
1956
Les Cloches De Bale
1934
Les beaux quartiers, roman
Fiction, general, French fiction, Romance Frances
1936
Le roman inachevé [par] Aragon
1956
La semaine sainte
French fiction
1958
Les beaux quartiers, roman
Fiction, general, French fiction, Romance Frances
1936
Les voyageurs de l'impériale, roman
French fiction
1942
Les yeux d'Elsa, par Aragon
French poetry
1942
Les Cloches De Bale
1934

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Aragon ranks 437 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrzej Sapkowski, Frank Herbert, Hector Malot, Al-Maʿarri, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Kurt Vonnegut. After him are André Maurois, Meera, Lysias, Giacomo Leopardi, Auguste Escoffier, and Propertius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Aragon ranks 15. Before him are Ivan Konev, Paavo Nurmi, Wilhelm Reich, Lucky Luciano, Georges Bataille, and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Norbert Elias, Ferenc Szálasi, Soong Mei-ling, Gordon Allport, Tadeusz Reichstein, and Frank Capra. Among people deceased in 1982, Louis Aragon ranks 18. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Anna Freud, Vasily Chuikov, Erving Goffman, and Khalid of Saudi Arabia. After him are Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Gala Dalí, Jacques Tati, Barack Obama Sr., Karl von Frisch, and Glenn Gould.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Aragon ranks 516 out of 6,770. Before him are Hector Malot (1830), Carloman I (751), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), and Charles de Foucauld (1858). After him are André Maurois (1885), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), Childebert I (497), and Roger I of Sicily (1031).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Louis Aragon ranks 76. Before him are René Guénon (1886), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Alfred de Musset (1810), Patrick Modiano (1945), William of Rubruck (1220), and Hector Malot (1830). After him are André Maurois (1885), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Boris Vian (1920), Jacques Hébert (1757), Héloïse (1101), and Marguerite de Navarre (1492).

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