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Anne Desclos

1907 - 1998

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Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Desclos has received more than 257,510 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Anne Desclos is the 1,523rd most popular writer (down from 1,319th in 2019), the 1,747th most popular biography from France (down from 1,447th in 2019) and the 220th most popular French Writer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Desclos ranks 1,523 out of 5,755. Before her are Usama ibn Munqidh, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Andal, Margherita Sarfatti, Giorgio Bassani, and Robert Desnos. After her are Ghassan Kanafani, Péter Nádas, P. D. James, Deepak Chopra, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and Karl-Maria Kertbeny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Anne Desclos ranks 86. Before her are John Mauchly, Herbert Kappler, Pierre Mendès France, Franz Jägerstätter, Trường Chinh, and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza. After her are Mehdi Bazargan, Manfred von Ardenne, René Char, Jan Patočka, Antonín Puč, and Sisavang Vatthana. Among people deceased in 1998, Anne Desclos ranks 61. Before her are Kurt Franz, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Martin Rodbell, Roddy McDowall, Kenichi Fukui, and Marie-Louise von Franz. After her are Remo Giazotto, Marie-Louise Meilleur, Shoichi Nishimura, John Derek, Zlatko Čajkovski, and Ferenc Deák.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anne Desclos ranks 1,747 out of 6,011. Before her are Vincent of Lérins (400), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Robert Desnos (1900), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), and Philippe Leroy (1930). After her are Émile Coué (1857), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), André Jolivet (1905), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), Anna de Noailles (1876), and Philibert de l'Orme (1514).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Anne Desclos ranks 220. Before her are Georges Duhamel (1884), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Raymond Roussel (1877), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), and Robert Desnos (1900). After her are Anna de Noailles (1876), Jean de Meun (1240), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Marcel Aymé (1902), and Nicolas-Edme Rétif (1734).

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