WRITER

Béatrix Beck

1914 - 2008

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Béatrix Beck (14 July 1914 – 30 November 2008) was a French writer of Belgian origin. She was born at Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, the daughter of the poet Christian Beck. After several jobs, she became the secretary of André Gide who encouraged her to write about her experiences: her mother's suicide, the war, her poverty, etc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béatrix Beck has received more than 26,899 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Béatrix Beck is the 5,058th most popular writer (down from 4,923rd in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Des accommodements avec le ciel
1954
Léon Morin, prêtre
1958
Confidences de gargouille
20th century, Authors, French, Biography
1998
La Décharge
1979
Léon Morin, prêtre
1952
Recensement
1991

Page views of Béatrix Becks by language

Over the past year Béatrix Beck has had the most page views in the with 12,631 views, followed by English (3,097), and Spanish (1,547). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (86.43%), French (67.36%), and Mazandarani (67.24%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Béatrix Beck ranks 5,058 out of 7,302. Before her are Martín Luis Guzmán, Mikalojus Daukša, Frank O'Hara, Roger Vercel, Jean Cassou, and Kama Sywor Kamanda. After her are José Eustasio Rivera, Eliza Acton, Ángel Ganivet, Stijn Streuvels, Álvares de Azevedo, and León Felipe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Béatrix Beck ranks 290. Before her are Martí de Riquer i Morera, Viljo Heino, Jack LaLanne, Anna Maria Ortese, Daniel J. Boorstin, and William Gibson. After her are Qin Jiwei, Edgar Reinhardt, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Élie Bayol, Aharon Katzir, and Julio Caro Baroja. Among people deceased in 2008, Béatrix Beck ranks 247. Before her are František Čapek, Nikolai Baibakov, Mikhail Solomentsev, Ignazio Fabra, William Gibson, and Helmut Zilk. After her are Nunzio Gallo, Natalia Bessmertnova, Frederick Seitz, Omar Caetano, Wu Xueqian, and Elizabeth Spriggs.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Béatrix Beck ranks 526 out of 1,015. Before her are Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Alain Geiger (1960), Hoyte van Hoytema (1971), Heinrich Zollinger (1818), Ludwig von Moos (1910), and Rudolf Gnägi (1917). After her are Pipilotti Rist (1962), Jacques Chessex (1934), Bibi Torriani (1911), Kubilay Türkyilmaz (1967), Paul Scherrer (1890), and Urs Widmer (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Béatrix Beck ranks 45. Before her are Fernán Caballero (1796), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Johann David Wyss (1743), Alain de Botton (1969), Martin Suter (1948), and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701). After her are Jacques Chessex (1934), Urs Widmer (1938), Adolf Muschg (1934), Joël Dicker (1985), Christian Kracht (1966), and Alphonse Matejka (1902).

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