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Charles Péguy

1873 - 1914

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Charles Pierre Péguy (French: [ʃaʁl peɡi]; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Péguy has received more than 281,189 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Charles Péguy is the 1,263rd most popular writer (down from 1,150th in 2019), the 1,470th most popular biography from France (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 186th most popular French Writer.

Charles Péguy was a French poet and essayist who is most famous for his writings during World War I.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Péguy ranks 1,263 out of 5,755Before him are Odo of Cluny, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Lu Yu, Aleksandr Kuprin, P. G. Wodehouse, and Mahadevi Varma. After him are Rasul Gamzatov, Mario Benedetti, Michel Butor, Winifred Wagner, Juliusz Słowacki, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Charles Péguy ranks 37Before him are Ivanoe Bonomi, Alexander Bogdanov, Ma Barker, Constantin Carathéodory, Lee de Forest, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi. After him are Ray Ewry, Tullio Levi-Civita, Melitta Bentz, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Liang Qichao, and Otto Wels. Among people deceased in 1914, Charles Péguy ranks 28Before him are Georges Picquart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Joseph Chamberlain, Joseph Swan, Alain-Fournier, and John Tenniel. After him are Empress Shōken, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Theodor Kittelsen, Christian Morgenstern, Anatoly Lyadov, and Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Péguy ranks 1,470 out of 6,011Before him are Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Chris Marker (1921), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), and Robert-François Damiens (1715). After him are Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Constance of Arles (974), Abbé Pierre (1912), Marcel Dupré (1886), Alain Poher (1909), and Michel Butor (1926).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Charles Péguy ranks 186Before him are Vivant Denon (1747), Victorien Sardou (1831), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), and Odo of Cluny (878). After him are Michel Butor (1926), Émile Gaboriau (1832), Roland Topor (1938), Clément Marot (1495), Monique Wittig (1935), and Xavier de Maistre (1763).