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René Barjavel

1911 - 1985

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René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris and the madness of war, but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love.René Barjavel wrote several novels with these themes, such as Ravage (translated as Ashes, ashes), Le Grand Secret, La Nuit des temps (translated as The Ice People), and Une rose au paradis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Barjavel has received more than 115,831 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). René Barjavel is the 3,151st most popular writer (down from 2,903rd in 2019), the 3,187th most popular biography from France (down from 2,906th in 2019) and the 407th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, René Barjavel ranks 3,151 out of 5,755Before him are James Russell Lowell, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Rose Ausländer, Abdurauf Fitrat, Martynas Mažvydas, and Jean-Sifrein Maury. After him are Ahmadou Kourouma, C. S. Forester, Kafū Nagai, Léo Malet, Ford Madox Ford, and Emma Lazarus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, René Barjavel ranks 147Before him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Abderrahmane Farès, Nello Pagani, Pierre Harmel, Tilly Fleischer, and Juan Carlos Zabala. After him are Mirzo Tursunzoda, Otakar Vávra, Kaj Franck, Leopold Kielholz, Heinz von Foerster, and Jiří Sobotka. Among people deceased in 1985, René Barjavel ranks 105Before him are Georgia Hale, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Pavel Batov, Gaston Rébuffat, and Margaret Hamilton. After him are Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Julian Beck, Mary Kenneth Keller, Salvador Espriu, John G. Trump, and Renato Castellani.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Barjavel ranks 3,187 out of 6,011Before him are Alfred Bruneau (1857), Germaine Tillion (1907), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Magda Julin (1894), Michel Aumont (1936), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are Loyset Compère (1440), Victor de Broglie (1785), Léo Malet (1909), Bernard de Jussieu (1699), Charles Wolf (1827), and Auguste Chevalier (1873).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, René Barjavel ranks 407Before him are Jean Richepin (1849), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), Max Aub (1909), Robert de Clari (1170), Jules Vallès (1832), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are Léo Malet (1909), Georges Sadoul (1904), Fernand Crommelynck (1886), Tristan Bernard (1866), Pierre Gamarra (1919), and Charles Pinot Duclos (1704).