WRITER

Marcel Schwob

1867 - 1905

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Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob (23 August 1867 – 26 February 1905), was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño and Patricio Pron. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism". In addition to over a hundred short stories, he wrote journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Schwob has received more than 0 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Marcel Schwob is the 1,693rd most popular writer (up from 1,755th in 2019), the 1,948th most popular biography from France (up from 1,974th in 2019) and the 245th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcel Schwob ranks 1,693 out of 7,302. Before him are Anna Leonowens, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Branwell Brontë, Hannah Szenes, R. L. Stine, and Arseny Tarkovsky. After him are Margherita Sarfatti, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Alexander Belyaev, Ole Nydahl, John of Kronstadt, and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Marcel Schwob ranks 53. Before him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Hans Driesch, Leo Jogiches, Kristian Birkeland, Mikhail Eisenstein, and Charles Fabry. After him are Carl Laemmle, Hiranuma Kiichirō, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Elvira Madigan, Masaoka Shiki, and Jeanne Lanvin. Among people deceased in 1905, Marcel Schwob ranks 27. Before him are Oswald Achenbach, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Alphonse Allais, Anton Ažbe, Hudson Taylor, and Albert von Kölliker. After him are Adolf Bastian, Ivan Sechenov, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Carmine Crocco, George MacDonald, and Meyer Guggenheim.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Schwob ranks 1,948 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Charles Fabry (1867), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), and François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644). After him are Leslie Caron (1931), Marc Augé (1935), Henry of Flanders (1174), François Magendie (1783), William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (1024), and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marcel Schwob ranks 245. Before him are Jean de Meun (1240), Alphonse Allais (1854), Jules Romains (1885), Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), and François Pierre La Varenne (1618). After him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Jean Bodel (1165), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Pierre Plantard (1920), Robert de Boron (1110), and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808).

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