WRITER

Michel Carré

1821 - 1872

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Michel Carré (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl kaʁe]; 20 October 1821, Besançon – 27 June 1872, Argenteuil) was a prolific French librettist. He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Carré has received more than 56,292 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Carré is the 4,071st most popular writer (down from 4,063rd in 2019), the 3,939th most popular biography from France (down from 3,762nd in 2019) and the 501st most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Carré ranks 4,071 out of 7,302Before him are Bozorg Alavi, Marco Foscarini, Hushang Ebtehaj, Oskar Maria Graf, Claude Aveline, and Ivo Brešan. After him are Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Theodor Plievier, Ameen Rihani, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Michel Carré ranks 72Before him are Aleksey Pisemsky, Josip Runjanin, Mikhail Petrashevsky, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Jane Wilde, and Leopold III, Prince of Lippe. After him are Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Apollon Maykov, Nils Johan Andersson, Samuel Baker, Janko Matúška, and Marcus Goldman. Among people deceased in 1872, Michel Carré ranks 50Before him are Michele Carafa, Benjamin Briggs, George Catlin, Friedrich Welwitsch, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, and Andrew Smith. After him are Henry Halleck, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Hugo von Mohl, Dimitrija Demeter, Nikolaos Mantzaros, and Mpande kaSenzangakhona.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Carré ranks 3,939 out of 6,770Before him are André Schwarz-Bart (1928), Michèle Torr (1947), Raoul Coutard (1924), Jean Becquerel (1878), Claude Aveline (1901), and Rémi Brague (1947). After him are André Simon (1920), René Petit (1899), François Perrier (1833), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Hervé Guibert (1955), and Dominique Blanc (1956).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Carré ranks 501Before him are Bernardus Silvestris (1085), Gabrielle Wittkop (1920), Rémy Belleau (1528), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), André Schwarz-Bart (1928), and Claude Aveline (1901). After him are Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Hervé Guibert (1955), Maurice Genevoix (1890), Petrus Borel (1809), Jean de Brunhoff (1899), and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924).