1896 - 1948
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (pronounced [ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃ aʁto]; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the European avant-garde. In particular, he had a profound influence on twentieth-century theatre through his conceptualization of the Theatre of Cruelty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonin Artaud has received more than 1,231,031 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 54 in 2019). Antonin Artaud is the 278th most popular writer (down from 267th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from France (down from 309th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Writer.
Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, actor, and poet. He is most famous for his writing on the theater, especially his work The Theater and Its Double.
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Among writers, Antonin Artaud ranks 278 out of 5,755. Before him are Percy Bysshe Shelley, Carl Spitteler, Guillaume de Machaut, C. S. Lewis, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Paul Valéry. After him are Marcus Terentius Varro, Shota Rustaveli, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Eugenio Montale, Primo Levi, and Amos Oz.
1792 - 1822
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 272
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 273
1300 - 1377
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 274
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 275
1872 - 1918
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 276
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 277
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 278
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 279
1172 - 1216
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 280
1749 - 1791
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 281
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 282
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 283
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 284
Among people born in 1896, Antonin Artaud ranks 11. Before him are Georgy Zhukov, André Breton, Imre Nagy, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, and Konstantin Rokossovsky. After him are Eugenio Montale, Trygve Lie, Klement Gottwald, Andrei Zhdanov, Paula Hitler, and Gerty Cori. Among people deceased in 1948, Antonin Artaud ranks 9. Before him are Mileva Marić, Osamu Dazai, Hideki Tojo, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, and Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. After him are Andrei Zhdanov, Walther von Brauchitsch, Karl Brandt, Babe Ruth, Folke Bernadotte, and Johannes Blaskowitz.
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 5
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 6
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 7
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 8
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 9
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 10
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 11
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 12
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 13
1896 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 14
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 15
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 16
1896 - 1957
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 17
1875 - 1948
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 3
1909 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 4
1884 - 1948
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 5
1884 - 1948
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 6
1870 - 1948
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 7
1861 - 1948
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 8
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 9
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 10
1881 - 1948
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 11
1904 - 1948
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 12
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 13
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 14
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Antonin Artaud ranks 324 out of 6,011. Before him are Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805), Carlo Buonaparte (1746), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Sophie Germain (1776), and Paul Valéry (1871). After him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Denis Papin (1647), Marcel Marceau (1923), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Claude of France (1499), and Olivier Messiaen (1908).
1805 - 1894
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 318
1746 - 1785
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 319
1300 - 1377
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 320
1707 - 1788
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 321
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 322
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 323
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 324
1749 - 1791
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 325
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 326
1923 - 2007
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 327
1275 - 1313
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 328
1499 - 1524
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 329
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 330
Among writers born in France, Antonin Artaud ranks 49. Before him are Germaine de Staël (1766), Frédéric Mistral (1830), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise Sagan (1935), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), and Paul Valéry (1871). After him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Prosper Mérimée (1803), Gregory of Tours (538), and François Mauriac (1885).
1766 - 1817
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 43
1830 - 1914
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 44
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 45
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 46
1300 - 1377
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 47
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 48
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 49
1749 - 1791
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 50
1492 - 1549
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 51
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 52
1803 - 1870
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 53
538 - 593
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 54
1885 - 1970
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 55