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Antoine François Prévost

1697 - 1763

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Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (UK: PRAY-voh deg-ZEEL, US: pray-VOH -⁠, French: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa pʁevo dɛɡzil]; 1 April 1697 – 25 November 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French priest, author, and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine François Prévost has received more than 90,542 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Antoine François Prévost is the 1,145th most popular writer (down from 670th in 2019), the 1,306th most popular biography from France (down from 788th in 2019) and the 169th most popular French Writer.

Antoine François Prévost is most famous for his novel Manon Lescaut.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antoine François Prévost ranks 1,145 out of 7,302. Before him are Bulat Okudzhava, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Monique Wittig, Léon Bloy, Cornelius Gallus, and Anne Rice. After him are Gottfried Keller, Vidyapati, Lao She, Mavro Orbini, Hugo Gernsback, and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1697, Antoine François Prévost ranks 6. Before him are Canaletto, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, William Hogarth, Johann Joachim Quantz, and Jean-Marie Leclair. After him are Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Mahmud Hotak, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Faustina Bordoni, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, and Nicola Salvi. Among people deceased in 1763, Antoine François Prévost ranks 5. Before him are Augustus III of Poland, Princess Isabella of Parma, Cao Xueqin, and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. After him are Pierre de Marivaux, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Peter Forsskål, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Gabriela Silang, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, and Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine François Prévost ranks 1,306 out of 6,770. Before him are Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767). After him are Bernard Buffet (1928), Petrus Ramus (1515), Capucine (1928), Maria Schneider (1952), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), and François Pinault (1936).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Antoine François Prévost ranks 169. Before him are Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), Clément Marot (1495), Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), and Léon Bloy (1846). After him are Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Vivant Denon (1747), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and Roger Caillois (1913).

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