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Paul Fort

1872 - 1960

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Jules-Jean-Paul Fort (1 February 1872 – 20 April 1960) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. At the age of 18, reacting against the Naturalistic theatre, Fort founded the Théâtre d'Art (1890–93). He also founded and edited the literary reviews Livre d'Art with Alfred Jarry and Vers et Prose (1905–14) with poet Guillaume Apollinaire, which published the work of Paul Valéry and other important Symbolist writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Fort has received more than 54,437 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paul Fort is the 3,847th most popular writer (down from 3,768th in 2019), the 3,805th most popular biography from France (down from 3,596th in 2019) and the 480th most popular French Writer.

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  • 2.95

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Fort ranks 3,847 out of 7,302. Before him are Mikhail Shishkin, Anton Pann, Cesar Millan, A. Merritt, Maurice Schumann, and Marianne Moore. After him are Geo Milev, Robert Pinget, Antun Mihanović, Alberto Hurtado, Han Kang, and Veniamin Kaverin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Paul Fort ranks 116. Before him are Georges Urbain, Adolphe Grisel, Henry Bataille, Otto Witte, Teffi, and Albert Tyler. After him are Arthur Blake, Elia Dalla Costa, Selma Rıza, Johan Pitka, Nikola Mushanov, and Lorenzo Perosi. Among people deceased in 1960, Paul Fort ranks 131. Before him are Toyohiko Kagawa, Melvin Purvis, Wu Lien-teh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Oliver Kirk, and Hersch Lauterpacht. After him are Nevil Shute, Eduard Pütsep, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Noël Bas, and Teodoro Picado Michalski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Fort ranks 3,805 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Balsa (1909), Antonin Mercié (1845), Jean-François Rewbell (1747), Jacques Simon (1941), Maurice Schumann (1911), and Henri Dentz (1881). After him are Chlodulf of Metz (null), Eddy Mitchell (1942), Mathilda May (1965), Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779), Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), and Henri Braconnot (1780).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Paul Fort ranks 480. Before him are Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Judith Gautier (1845), Charles Simon Favart (1710), François Cavanna (1923), Maurice Paléologue (1859), and Maurice Schumann (1911). After him are Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), Jean-Pierre Thiollet (1956), Maria Deraismes (1828), Thomas Murner (1475), Maurice Scève (1501), and Jean Desmarets (1595).

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