WRITER

Alphonse Allais

1854 - 1905

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Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 in Honfleur – 28 October 1905 in Paris) was a French writer, journalist and humorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonse Allais has received more than 123,959 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse Allais is the 1,638th most popular writer (down from 1,559th in 2019), the 1,903rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,788th in 2019) and the 240th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Oeuvres anthumes
1964
Alphonse Allais en verve
French Quotations, Quotations
1970
Le Captain Cap
1978
Le Parapluie de l'escouade
Accessible book
1893
Silvérie
1898
A se tordre
Fiction, Humor (Fiction), Non-English Fiction
Je m'etais pris d'une profonde sympathie pour ce grand flemmard de gabelou que me semblait l'image meme de la douane, non pas de la douane tracassiere des frontieres terriennes, mais de la bonne douane flaneuse et contemplative des falaises et des greves.
1969
Oeuvres anthumes
1964
Affaire Blaireau
2017
À Se Tordre
2017
Deux et Deux Font Cinq
2017
A se tordre
Fiction, Humor (Fiction), Non-English Fiction
Je m'etais pris d'une profonde sympathie pour ce grand flemmard de gabelou que me semblait l'image meme de la douane, non pas de la douane tracassiere des frontieres terriennes, mais de la bonne douane flaneuse et contemplative des falaises et des greves.
1969
Deux et Deux Font Cinq
2021

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alphonse Allais ranks 1,638 out of 7,302. Before him are Fernando del Paso, Ivan Klíma, Péter Nádas, Ira Levin, Avraham Stern, and Martin Gardner. After him are Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Christian Morgenstern, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Constantijn Huygens, Andreas Gryphius, and Al-Hariri of Basra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Alphonse Allais ranks 32. Before him are Hubert Lyautey, Aletta Jacobs, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Takahashi Korekiyo, Otto Sverdrup, and Charles Algernon Parsons. After him are Zhang Xun, Moritz Moszkowski, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Hertha Ayrton, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and Friedrich Alfred Krupp. Among people deceased in 1905, Alphonse Allais ranks 23. Before him are Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Alois Riegl, Constantin Meunier, Oswald Achenbach, and Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria. After him are Anton Ažbe, Hudson Taylor, Albert von Kölliker, Marcel Schwob, Adolf Bastian, and Ivan Sechenov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse Allais ranks 1,903 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Louis Durey (1888), Daniel Revenu (1942), Alain Juppé (1945), Paul Pelliot (1878), and Herleva (1003). After him are Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Marcabru (1200), Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693), Francis Veber (1937), Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), and Guy Roux (1938).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alphonse Allais ranks 240. Before him are Robert Desnos (1900), Marie de Gournay (1565), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Adèle Hugo (1830), Marquis de Custine (1790), and Jean de Meun (1240). After him are Jules Romains (1885), Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Marcel Schwob (1867), and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685).

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