WRITER

Bernard Werber

1961 - Today

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Bernard Werber (born 18 September 1961 in Toulouse) is a French science fiction writer, active since the 1990s. He is chiefly recognized for having written the trilogy Les Fourmis, the only one of his novels to have been published in English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Werber has received more than 334,457 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bernard Werber is the 2,522nd most popular writer (up from 2,920th in 2019), the 2,769th most popular biography from France (up from 3,035th in 2019) and the 352nd most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La révolution des fourmis
Romans, Ants, Science-fiction
1996
Le jour des fourmis
Ants, Fiction
1992
Fourmis
Ants, Fiction
1997
Le livre du voyage
Poems, French language, French essays
1997
Les fourmis
Ants, Fiction, Science Fiction
'Les Fourmis' is the first novel in a science-fiction trilogy written by the writer and entomologist Bernard Werber. It was released in 1991 and was entitled 'Empire of the Ants' in the English translation. It follows two parallel stories; one describes the events in the life of a male *formica rufa* ant in a colony in a Paris park, while the other follows a human character, who investigates the cellar of a house recently bequeathed to him by a mysterious uncle. He does not return from the cellar, and nor do friends and family who follow him. The characteristics of the ants (such as their intelligence and level of communication) are based on scientific research, but are significantly exaggerated.
1991
Les Thanatonautes
Fiction, Death, Future life
1994

Page views of Bernard Werbers by language

Over the past year Bernard Werber has had the most page views in the with 158,111 views, followed by Russian (67,979), and English (40,431). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (613.39%), Korean (118.11%), and Mazandarani (44.19%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernard Werber ranks 2,522 out of 7,302. Before him are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Ilse Aichinger, Hermann Sudermann, Suman Pokhrel, T. H. White, and Praxilla. After him are Margaret Fuller, Heinrich Hoffmann, John Edward Williams, John Mandeville, Jung Chang, and Heinz G. Konsalik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Bernard Werber ranks 100. Before him are Jonas Jonasson, Dylan McDermott, Franky Van der Elst, Sergei Aleinikov, Eric Stoltz, and Tom Araya. After him are Aleksandr Dvornikov, Rafael Grossi, Moana Pozzi, Victoria Nuland, Bonnie Hunt, and Armin Laschet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard Werber ranks 2,769 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Lefort (1924), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Alix, Duchess of Brittany (1200), Augustin Pajou (1730), and Isabelle Aubret (1938). After him are Eustace II, Count of Boulogne (1015), Louise Farrenc (1804), Louis de Jaucourt (1704), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Bathilde d'Orléans (1750), and Alexis Bouvard (1767).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Bernard Werber ranks 352. Before him are Ludovic Halévy (1834), Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), Valery Larbaud (1881), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Aimard (1818), and René Crevel (1900). After him are André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Catulle Mendès (1841), Hilaire Belloc (1870), Théophile de Viau (1590), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), and Paschasius Radbertus (792).

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