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Robert Brasillach

1909 - 1945

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Robert Brasillach (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁazijak] ; 31 March 1909 – 6 February 1945) was a French author and journalist. He was the editor of Je suis partout, a nationalist newspaper which advocated fascist movements and supported Jacques Doriot. After the liberation of France in 1944, he was executed following a trial and Charles de Gaulle's express refusal to grant him a pardon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Brasillach has received more than 309,921 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Robert Brasillach is the 1,567th most popular writer (up from 1,636th in 2019), the 1,825th most popular biography from France (up from 1,875th in 2019) and the 230th most popular French Writer.

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  • 2.96

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Brasillach ranks 1,567 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcel Achard, William Heinesen, Konstantin Simonov, Anna de Noailles, Philippe de Commines, and Hugh Lofting. After him are Jean-François Marmontel, Jonas Lie, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sister Nivedita, Gustav Landauer, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Robert Brasillach ranks 68. Before him are Golo Mann, Mikhail Mil, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Robert Ryan, Lennart Bernadotte, and Marguerite Perey. After him are Werner Naumann, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Gunnar Björnstrand, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Teiichi Matsumaru, and Franz Bardon. Among people deceased in 1945, Robert Brasillach ranks 117. Before him are Lord Alfred Douglas, Richard Glücks, Wilhelm Rediess, Takijirō Ōnishi, Leonid Pasternak, and August Hirt. After him are Rudolf Lange, Roza Shanina, Le Pétomane, Mário de Andrade, Bogdan Filov, and Robert Desnos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Brasillach ranks 1,825 out of 6,770. Before him are Anna de Noailles (1876), Guillaume de Beaujeu (1300), Lucile Desmoulins (1770), Philippe de Commines (1447), Yves Congar (1904), and Jean Alesi (1964). After him are Georg Muffat (1653), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Anselme Payen (1795), Vincent of Lérins (400), Philippe de Broca (1933), and Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Robert Brasillach ranks 230. Before him are Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Raymond Roussel (1877), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Marcel Achard (1899), Anna de Noailles (1876), and Philippe de Commines (1447). After him are Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Jean Chapelain (1595), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Robert Desnos (1900), Marie de Gournay (1565), and Pierre Reverdy (1889).

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