WRITER

Étienne Jodelle

1532 - 1573

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Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin (French pronunciation: [etjɛn ʒɔdɛl]; 1532 – July 1573), French dramatist and poet, was born and died in Paris of a noble family. Member of La Pléiade, he will strive to revitalize the principles of ancient Greek and Roman theater during the Renaissance. He was the first to introduce the alexandrine into tragedy in his time, notably with Cléopâtre captive, the first tragédie à l'antique, as well as L'Eugène in comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Jodelle has received more than 24,500 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Étienne Jodelle is the 3,137th most popular writer (up from 3,350th in 2019), the 3,268th most popular biography from France (up from 3,308th in 2019) and the 409th most popular French Writer.

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  • 52.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Étienne Jodelle ranks 3,137 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles de Saint-Évremond, Eduard Vilde, Gunnar Ekelöf, Robert Harris, Símun av Skarði, and Mario Soldati. After him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Fadwa Tuqan, René Daumal, Antonio de Guevara, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, and Tristan Bernard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Étienne Jodelle ranks 18. Before him are Maerten de Vos, Mehmed II Giray, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Marino Grimani, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. After him are Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Amy Robsart, Thomas Norton, and William Allen. Among people deceased in 1573, Étienne Jodelle ranks 16. Before him are Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Michel de l'Hôpital, Malyuta Skuratov, Joachim Beuckelaer, Laurentius Petri, and Asakura Yoshikage. After him is Antun Vrančić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Jodelle ranks 3,268 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), Adrien Proust (1834), Guillaume Depardieu (1971), Michel Vautrot (1945), and Robert Cambert (1628). After him are Claude Pouillet (1790), Jean Rollin (1938), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), Victor Loret (1859), René Daumal (1908), and Georges Franju (1912).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Étienne Jodelle ranks 409. Before him are Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Sylvain Maréchal (1750), Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961), Antoine de Rivarol (1753), and Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613). After him are René Daumal (1908), Tristan Bernard (1866), Daniel-Rops (1901), Casimir Delavigne (1793), Antoine de la Sale (1388), and José Giovanni (1923).

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