WRITER

Max Gallo

1932 - 2017

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Max Gallo (French: [maks ɡalo]; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma), Gallo's early career was in journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Gallo has received more than 95,885 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Gallo is the 2,701st most popular writer (up from 3,091st in 2019), the 2,949th most popular biography from France (up from 3,144th in 2019) and the 370th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Gallo ranks 2,701 out of 7,302Before him are Juliette Adam, George Tabori, Maximilian Voloshin, Oscar Cullmann, Moses ibn Ezra, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık. After him are Yury Yakovlev, Marianne Fredriksson, Fernand Crommelynck, Artur Lundkvist, Etel Adnan, and Chandrashekhara Kambara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Max Gallo ranks 186Before him are Michihiro Ozawa, Bob Pettit, Vitold Fokin, Francis Arinze, Tommy Taylor, and Jean-Pierre Marielle. After him are Qahhor Mahkamov, Vladimir Voinovich, Mostafa Chamran, Christiane Kubrick, Mamo Wolde, and Blagoje Adžić. Among people deceased in 2017, Max Gallo ranks 182Before him are Joachim Meisner, Dritëro Agolli, Linda Nochlin, Albert Zafy, Hilarion Capucci, and Robert M. Pirsig. After him are Gustavo Rojo, Marjorie Boulton, Sonny Landham, Mary Tyler Moore, Arthur Janov, and Peter Berling.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Gallo ranks 2,949 out of 6,770Before him are Nicolas Gombert (1495), Philippe LeBon (1767), Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746), Oscar Cullmann (1902), Maurice Rouvier (1842), and Émile Combes (1835). After him are Audomar (600), Fernand Crommelynck (1886), Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931), François Coty (1874), Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220), and Jean Guitton (1901).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Max Gallo ranks 370Before him are Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jean-François de La Harpe (1739), Violette Leduc (1907), Hildebert (1056), Juliette Adam (1836), and Oscar Cullmann (1902). After him are Fernand Crommelynck (1886), Champfleury (1821), André Salmon (1881), Marie Marvingt (1875), Francis Ponge (1899), and Albert Robida (1848).