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Sylvain Tesson

1972 - Today

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Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvain Tesson has received more than 211,188 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvain Tesson is the 6,000th most popular writer, the 4,985th most popular biography from France and the 604th most popular French Writer.

Sylvain Tesson is a French writer and adventurer who is best known for his travel writing, particularly his book "The Consolations of the Forest," in which he reflects on his experience of living alone in a cabin in Siberia for six months.

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  • 15

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  • 3.34

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sylvain Tesson ranks 6,000 out of 5,755. Before him are Howard Gordon, Fatou Diome, Cressida Cowell, Oles Buzina, Maurice G. Dantec, and Peter Morgan. After him are Zlata Filipović, Annie Dillard, James Weldon Johnson, David Malouf, Gertrude Atherton, and Nic Pizzolatto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sylvain Tesson ranks 460. Before him are Andrzej Kubica, Lars-Göran Petrov, Claudia Poll, Paolo Negro, Lars Christiansen, and Alisha Klass. After him are Lluís Carreras, Michel Ancel, Adel Sellimi, Jessica Hausner, Tamaki Uchiyama, and Miguel Gomes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvain Tesson ranks 4,985 out of 6,011. Before him are Amir Haddad (1984), Yann M'Vila (1990), Enzo Fernández (1995), Michel Bibard (1958), Maurice G. Dantec (1959), and Reynald Pedros (1971). After him are Jonathan Biabiany (1988), Alexis Pinturault (1991), Dominique Voynet (1958), Jean Castaneda (1957), Bruno N'Gotty (1971), and Perrine Pelen (1960).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Sylvain Tesson ranks 604. Before him are Dominique Bona (1953), Christian Prudhomme (1960), David Foenkinos (1974), Alexandre del Valle (1968), Gilles Leroy (1958), and Maurice G. Dantec (1959). After him are Éric Vuillard (1968), Éliette Abécassis (1969), Marie Darrieussecq (1969), Jérôme Ferrari (1968), Alexandre Jardin (1965), and Maylis de Kerangal (1967).

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