French male non-fiction writers

The list French male non-fiction writers includes Bernard-Henri Lévy, Melvil Poupaud, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Pierre Lescure and Leos Carax. The list consists of 2,193 members and 4 sublists.

French male journalists
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French male essayists
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French male bloggers
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French male biographers
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Melvil Poupaud

French actor (born 1973)

Overview: Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker.

Date of birth: 26 January 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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French male screenwriters 563T

French male composers 429T

Male screenwriters 2,413T
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Bernard-Henri Lévy

French philosopher

Overview: Bernard-Henri Lévy (born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement ...

Date of birth: 5 November 1948

Age: 75

Nationality: French

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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20th-century French male writers 1,582T

French male novelists 741T

Sciences Po alumni 597T
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Mathieu Kassovitz

film maker

Overview: Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967) is a French director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and actor. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company.

Date of birth: 3 August 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: French

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners 60T

French male screenwriters 551T

Most Promising Actor César Award winners 36T
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Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

Overview: Victor-Marie Hugo ( 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years ...

Date of birth: 26 February 1802

Date of death: 22 May 1885

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Philosophical theists 22T

French writers exiled in Belgium 2T

Literary peers 21T
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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

French TV journalist and writer

Overview: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (20 September 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news ...

Date of birth: 20 September 1947

Age: 76

Nationality: French

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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INALCO alumni 15T

20th-century French male writers 1,582T

21st-century French journalists 155T
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Pierre Lescure

French journalist and television executive

Overview: Pierre Lescure (born July 2, 1945), is a French journalist and television executive. He is known for having founded the French TV music show Les Enfants du rock broadcast on public television from 1981 ...

Date of birth: 2 July 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Journalists from Paris 73T

Mass media people from Paris 30T

French male writers 4,098T
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Leos Carax

Film director

Overview: Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax is a French film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first ...

Date of birth: 22 November 1960

Age: 63

Nationality: French

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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French male screenwriters 543T

Male screenwriters 2,358T

French male writers 4,032T
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Frédéric Beigbeder

French writer and literary critic

Overview: Frédéric Beigbeder (born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in ...

Date of birth: 21 September 1965

Age: 58

Nationality: French

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

Partner: Lara Micheli (Married)

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21st-century French male writers 320T

20th-century French male writers 1,582T

20th-century male writers 5,043T
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Marcel Proust

French novelist, literary critic, and essayist (1871–1922)

Overview: Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost ...

Date of birth: 10 July 1871

Date of death: 18 November 1922

Age: 51 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century French LGBT people 124T

19th-century French LGBT people 23T

Deaths from pneumonia in France 59T
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François Ozon

French film director and screenwriter

Overview: François Ozon (born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.

Date of birth: 15 November 1967

Age: 56

Nationality: French

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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European Film Award for Best Screenwriter winners 34T

French male screenwriters 543T

French-language LGBT writers 146T
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André Weinfeld

American film director

Overview: André Weinfeld, is a French and American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, cinematographer, photographer, and journalist. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand and ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: French

Occupation: Cinematographer

Gender: Male

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French male screenwriters 543T

American male screenwriters 3,908T

French male writers 4,032T
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Christian de la Mazière

French journalist

Overview: Christian de la Mazière (August 22, 1922 in Tunis – February 15, 2006) was a journalist and member of the Charlemagne Division of the Waffen-SS. He is known for discussing his role in the documentary ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1922

Date of death: 15 February 2006

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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Le Figaro people 72T

French Waffen-SS personnel 11T

20th-century French male writers 1,637T
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Jules Verne

French science fiction author

Overview: Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordi ...

Date of birth: 8 February 1828

Date of death: 24 March 1905

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Members of the Ligue de la patrie française 123T

19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 581T

French male short story writers 72T
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Laurent Delahousse

French journalist

Overview: Laurent Delahousse (born 30 August 1969) is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for hosting the Journal de 20 heures news bulletin and Un jour, un destin biographical show ...

Date of birth: 30 August 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: French

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

Partner: Alice Taglioni (Dating)

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French male journalists 290T

21st-century French journalists 155T

People from Croix, Nord 21T
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Philippe Garrel

French film director

Overview: Philippe Garrel (born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at the p ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: French

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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French male screenwriters 543T

Male screenwriters 2,358T

Best Director Lumières Award winners 20T
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Michel Drucker

French journalist

Overview: Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942 in Vire) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long and so permanently (in various shows and on different networks, both public ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: French

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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20th-century French journalists 306T

French male writers 4,032T

French people of Austrian-Jewish descent 17T
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Mr. Oizo

French musician and director

Overview: Quentin Dupieux (born April 15, 1974), also known by his stage name Mr. Oizo is a French electronic musician, DJ and filmmaker, best known for his 1999 single "Flat Beat". His pseudonym is a corruption ...

Date of birth: 14 April 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: French

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Because Music artists 68T

Brainfeeder artists 14T

Electronic dance music DJs 1,100T
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Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

Overview: Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one ...

Date of birth: 21 June 1905

Date of death: 15 April 1980

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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French scientists with disabilities 12T

French writers with disabilities 22T

Blind scholars and academics 125T
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Georges Bataille

French writer and intellectual

Overview: Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, consumerism, and history of ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1897

Date of death: 9 July 1962

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male writers 5,043T

French surrealist writers 39T

Deaths from arteriosclerosis 27T
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Alain Resnais

French film director

Overview: Alain Resnais (3 June 1922 – 1 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went ...

Date of birth: 3 June 1922

Date of death: 1 March 2014

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Directors of Golden Lion winners 63T

César Honorary Award recipients 87T

French male screenwriters 543T