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Paul Scarron

1610 - 1660

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Paul Scarron (French pronunciation: [pɔl skaʁɔ̃]; c. 1 July 1610 – 6 October 1660) (a.k.a. Monsieur Scarron) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Though his precise birth date is unknown, he was baptized on 4 July 1610. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Scarron has received more than 127,657 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Paul Scarron is the 1,282nd most popular writer (down from 1,147th in 2019), the 1,460th most popular biography from France (down from 1,320th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular French Writer.

Paul Scarron was a French satirist who is most famous for his novel "Le Roman Comique" (The Comic Novel).

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Scarron ranks 1,282 out of 7,302. Before him are Siegfried Kracauer, Matthias Flacius, Akka Mahadevi, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, and Antipater of Sidon. After him are James Brendan Connolly, Josef Čapek, Herrad of Landsberg, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Judah Leon Abravanel, and Cratinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, Paul Scarron ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Adriaen van Ostade, Jacob Kettler, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, David Teniers the Younger, and Louise Moillon. After him are Ivan Sirko, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Oboi, Li Yu, Jan Asselijn, and Maria Cunitz. Among people deceased in 1660, Paul Scarron ranks 16. Before him are Francesco Albani, Ayşe Sultan, Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, George II Rákóczi, and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg. After him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Govert Flinck, Jacob Cats, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Matthias Stom, and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Scarron ranks 1,460 out of 6,770. Before him are Yvette Guilbert (1865), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), Alain Giresse (1952), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), and Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200). After him are Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Paul Poiret (1879), Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), and Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Paul Scarron ranks 182. Before him are Léo Taxil (1854), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Roland Topor (1938), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734). After him are Maurice Barrès (1862), Michel Verne (1861), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Odo of Cluny (878), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559).

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