WRITER

Claude Farrère

1876 - 1957

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Claude Farrère, pseudonym of Frédéric-Charles Bargone (27 April 1876, in Lyon – 21 June 1957, in Paris), was a French Navy officer and writer. Many of his novels are based in exotic locations such as Istanbul, Saigon, or Nagasaki. One of his novels, Les Civilisés, about life in French colonial Indochina, won the third Prix Goncourt for 1905. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Farrère has received more than 48,265 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Claude Farrère is the 2,450th most popular writer (up from 2,849th in 2019), the 2,704th most popular biography from France (up from 2,995th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' home qui assassina
1900
Fumée d'opium
Opium abuse
1904
Thomas l'Agnelet, gentilhomme de fortune
A novel of piracy in the 1600s
1913
Fumée d'opium
Opium, Opium abuse
1904
La bataille
1911
La maison des hommes vivants.
1911

Page views of Claude Farrères by language

Over the past year Claude Farrère has had the most page views in the with 9,413 views, followed by English (6,188), and Turkish (3,749). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (90.69%), Georgian (51.21%), and Egyptian Arabic (44.88%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude Farrère ranks 2,450 out of 7,302. Before him are Justus of Tiberias, Johann Karl August Musäus, Petar Preradović, E. Nesbit, Chariton, and Didymus Chalcenterus. After him are Philostratus of Lemnos, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Predrag Matvejević, Léon Werth, and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Claude Farrère ranks 85. Before him are Roman Malinovsky, Franz Schlegelberger, Madeleine Vionnet, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Lev Berg, and William Sealy Gosset. After him are Agustín Pedro Justo, Friedrich Traun, Gertrud von Le Fort, Thomas Hicks, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Sibilla Aleramo. Among people deceased in 1957, Claude Farrère ranks 95. Before him are Umberto Saba, Paja Jovanović, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Heinrich Bär, Albert Anastasia, and Dorothy L. Sayers. After him are Paul Walden, Ramon Magsaysay, Valery Larbaud, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Charles Pathé, and Musidora.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Farrère ranks 2,704 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Brunschvicg (1869), Émile Cohl (1857), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Charles Lecocq (1832), and Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913). After him are Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Roger Piantoni (1931), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), and Paul Héroult (1863).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Farrère ranks 343. Before him are Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674), Paul Hazard (1878), Dominique Lapierre (1931), Philippe de Mornay (1549), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), and Louise Colet (1810). After him are Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Léon Werth (1878), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), Valery Larbaud (1881), and Walter of Châtillon (1135).

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