WRITER

Anne Hébert

1916 - 2000

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Anne Hébert (pronounced [an eˈbɛʁ] in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Hébert has received more than 81,392 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Anne Hébert is the 3,882nd most popular writer (down from 3,726th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Canada (down from 246th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le temps sauvage
1969
Poems
Translations into English
1969
Le torrent
1950
Les chambres de bois
French language materials
1958
Kamouraska
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anne Hébert ranks 3,882 out of 7,302. Before her are William Congreve, Laurens van der Post, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Karoline von Günderrode, Francis Davis Millet, and Ömer Seyfettin. After her are Dušan Kovačević, Hjalmar Bergman, Cassandra Clare, Peter Bichsel, Thomas Murner, and Lydia Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Anne Hébert ranks 161. Before her are Antonio Buero Vallejo, Svend Asmussen, Jenő Fock, Franco Fabrizi, Torsten Hägerstrand, and George Sidney. After her are Halet Çambel, Herbert Friedman, Johnny Claes, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Bruno Chizzo, and Harry James. Among people deceased in 2000, Anne Hébert ranks 169. Before her are Franco Donatoni, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Carmen Martín Gaite, Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, Walter Berry, and So Yamamura. After her are Werner Klemperer, Paula Wessely, Carlos Guastavino, Ansumane Mané, Rinaldo Martino, and Johannes Virolainen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Anne Hébert ranks 261 out of 1,622. Before her are Alexandra Stewart (1939), Mark Robson (1913), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Edward Routh (1831), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), and Alan Thicke (1947). After her are Guy Laliberté (1959), Mario Lemieux (1965), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Percy Faith (1908), Agnes Martin (1912), and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Anne Hébert ranks 15. Before her are Shulamith Firestone (1945), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), and Gordon R. Dickson (1923). After her are Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Robin Sharma (1965), Mordecai Richler (1931), Laurence J. Peter (1919), Duncan Regehr (1952), and Émile Nelligan (1879).

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