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Simon Leys

Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist

1935 - 2014

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His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Leys is the 4,913th most popular writer (down from 4,044th in 2024), the 653rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 530th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Simon Leys ranks 4,913 out of 7,302. Before him are Saint-Pol-Roux, Alex Garland, Heðin Brú, William Gibson, Alina Fernández, and Al-Shanfara. After him are Georg Calixtus, Andrejs Upīts, Alexander Abusch, Álvaro Pombo, Eugène Guillevic, and Linn Ullmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Simon Leys ranks 351. Before him are Lewis Arquette, Víctor Benítez, Peter Grant, Mario Camus, Christina Pickles, and Mary Oliver. After him are Johnny Mathis, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Dan Ayrault, Sherrill Milnes, Halina Poświatowska, and Waldemar Baszanowski. Among people deceased in 2014, Simon Leys ranks 334. Before him are Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Anahita Ratebzad, Simón Díaz, Jonathan Williams, Lucien Clergue, and Georg Stollenwerk. After him are Hanna Maron, Joseph Sargent, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Joachim Fuchsberger, Al Pease, and Imre Gedővári.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Simon Leys ranks 653 out of NaN. Before him are Victor Mees (1927), Joël Robert (1943), Frits Van den Berghe (1883), Jules de Trooz (1857), Edgard Colle (1897), and Aimé Haegeman (1861). After him are Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843), Gotye (1980), Jacques Beurlet (1944), Patrick Nève (1949), Ferdinand Adams (1903), and Henri Grégoire (1881).

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Among Writers In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Simon Leys ranks 40. Before him are Louis Paul Boon (1912), Willem Elsschot (1882), Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), François Weyergans (1941), and Jan Frans Willems (1793). After him are Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Jan van Beers (1821), Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), and Herman Teirlinck (1879).

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