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Paul Nizan

1905 - 1940

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Paul-Yves Nizan (French: [nizɑ̃]; 7 February 1905 – 23 May 1940) was a French philosopher and writer. He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire and studied in Paris where he befriended fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre at the Lycée Henri IV. He became a member of the French Communist Party, and much of his writing reflects his political beliefs, although he resigned from the party soon after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939. He died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting against the German army in World War II. His works include the novels Antoine Bloye (1933), Le Cheval de Troie [The Trojan Horse] and La Conspiration [The Conspiracy] (1938), as well as the essays "Les Chiens de garde" ["The Watchdogs"] (1932) and "Aden Arabie" (1931), which introduced him to a new audience when it was republished in 1960 with a foreword by Sartre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Nizan has received more than 105,905 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Nizan is the 604th most popular philosopher (down from 595th in 2019), the 1,883rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,864th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Nizan ranks 604 out of 1,267. Before him are Arne Næss, Salomon Maimon, Hans Albert, Maurice Blondel, Hu Shih, and Abhinavagupta. After him are Peter Deunov, Thomas Reid, Crates of Mallus, Al-Taftazani, Jean Hyppolite, and Antonio Rosmini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Paul Nizan ranks 78. Before him are Erwin Chargaff, Federica Montseny, Takeo Fukuda, André Jolivet, Chen Yun, and Attila József. After him are Joseph Kosma, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Yen Chia-kan, James J. Braddock, Karl Rappan, and Edgar Snow. Among people deceased in 1940, Paul Nizan ranks 47. Before him are Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Frederick Cook, Albin Lermusiaux, and Édouard Claparède. After him are Walter Chrysler, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Joseph Meister, Anton Korošec, and Arthur Zimmermann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Nizan ranks 1,883 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice André (1933), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Rudi Garcia (1964), Michel Polnareff (1944), and Pierre Reverdy (1889). After him are Adèle Hugo (1830), Nicolas Anelka (1979), Marquis de Custine (1790), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), and Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Paul Nizan ranks 79. Before him are Henry Corbin (1903), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), Gersonides (1288), Étienne Balibar (1942), and Maurice Blondel (1861). After him are Jean Hyppolite (1907), Berengar of Tours (998), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Charron (1541), Louis Lavelle (1883), and Paul Virilio (1932).

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