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Philippe Sollers

1936 - 2023

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Philippe Sollers (French: [sɔˈlɛʁs]; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936 – 5 May 2023) was a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant garde literary journal Tel Quel (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was published by Le Seuil and ran until 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Sollers has received more than 165,922 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Sollers is the 1,973rd most popular writer (up from 2,069th in 2019), the 2,222nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,227th in 2019) and the 279th most popular French Writer.

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  • 27

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  • 4.22

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  • 3.19

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippe Sollers ranks 1,973 out of 5,755Before him are Karen Armstrong, Moschus, Musa Cälil, Daqiqi, Noor Inayat Khan, and Marcel Reich-Ranicki. After him are Israel Joshua Singer, Isaeus, Arkady Gaidar, Ivan Mažuranić, Carl Sandburg, and William Auld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Philippe Sollers ranks 143Before him are Ken Mattingly, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Arend Lijphart, Klaus Kinkel, Leonel Sánchez, and Glenda Jackson. After him are Costas Simitis, Frances Shand Kydd, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Koji Sasaki, Dyanne Thorne, and Eliahu Inbal. Among people deceased in 2023, Philippe Sollers ranks 100Before him are Lisa Marie Presley, Piper Laurie, Ken Mattingly, Oleg Protopopov, Glenda Jackson, and Marc Augé. After him are Vakhtang Kikabidze, Treat Williams, Daisaku Ikeda, Ahmed Qurei, Antonella Lualdi, and Doyle Brunson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Sollers ranks 2,222 out of 6,011Before him are Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161), Anselme Payen (1795), Bernard of Menthon (923), Marc Augé (1935), and Émile Boutroux (1845). After him are Matthias of Arras (1290), Thomas Bérard (1300), Ginette Neveu (1919), Tino Rossi (1907), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), and Isaac the Blind (1160).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Philippe Sollers ranks 279Before him are Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Elif Shafak (1971), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), and Jean Bodel (1165). After him are Isaac the Blind (1160), Paul Morand (1888), Michel Leiris (1901), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), and Eustache Deschamps (1346).

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