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Robert de Montesquiou

1855 - 1921

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Marie Joseph Robert Anatole, comte de Montesquiou-Fézensac (19 March 1855, Paris – 11 December 1921, Menton) was a French aesthete, Symbolist poet, painter, art collector, art interpreter, and dandy. He is reputed to have been the inspiration both for Jean des Esseintes in Joris-Karl Huysmans' À rebours (1884) and, most famously, for the Baron de Charlus in Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–1927). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert de Montesquiou has received more than 279,124 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Robert de Montesquiou is the 1,355th most popular writer (down from 1,040th in 2019), the 1,564th most popular biography from France (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 192nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 6.56

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  • 2.12

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 1,355 out of 7,302. Before him are Ignazio Silone, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Mukhtar Auezov, Nikolaus Lenau, Xavier de Maistre, and Jean M. Auel. After him are Rudolf Erich Raspe, Daniel Pennac, James Murray, Wace, Thornton Wilder, and Joseph Bédier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 19. Before him are Ned Kelly, Robert Koldewey, Paul-Jacques Curie, Živojin Mišić, Arthur Nikisch, and Inukai Tsuyoshi. After him are Georges Rodenbach, Narayana Guru, Guido Adler, Anatoly Lyadov, Vlaho Bukovac, and Axel Paulsen. Among people deceased in 1921, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 35. Before him are Subramania Bharati, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Živojin Mišić, Hermann Schwarz, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, and Yan Fu. After him are Ivan Vazov, Georges Feydeau, Nikolay Gumilyov, Hara Takashi, Fernand Khnopff, and Vladimir Korolenko.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 1,564 out of 6,770. Before him are Isabella of Bourbon (1437), Georges Bidault (1899), Louis Marchand (1669), Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), Xavier de Maistre (1763), and Édouard Herriot (1872). After him are Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Jane Avril (1868), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), Joseph Bédier (1864), Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), and André Martinet (1908).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 192. Before him are Odo of Cluny (878), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Henri Murger (1822), Adalberon (947), and Xavier de Maistre (1763). After him are Joseph Bédier (1864), Émile Gaboriau (1832), François de Malherbe (1555), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), and Jules de Goncourt (1830).

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