WRITER

Claude Mauriac

1914 - 1996

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Claude Mauriac (25 April 1914 – 22 March 1996) was a French author and journalist, born in Paris as the eldest son of author François Mauriac. Mauriac was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a cinema critic and arts person of Le Figaro. He was the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie adaptation of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Mauriac has received more than 46,700 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Mauriac is the 4,515th most popular writer, the 4,202nd most popular biography from France and the 537th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Une amitié contrariée
1970
The new literature
French literature, History and criticism, Literature, Modern
1959
La terrasse de Malagar
Authors, French, Diaries, French Authors
1977
La marquise sortit à cinq heures
French fiction, Franse fiksie
1961
Un autre de Gaulle
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
1970
Hommes et idées d'aujourd'hui
French literature
1953

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude Mauriac ranks 4,515 out of 7,302. Before him are Delia Owens, Louis Henri Boussenard, Oskar Pastior, Terenci Moix, Piero Angela, and Janko Kráľ. After him are Murad Wilfried Hofmann, C. J. Cherryh, Alfredo Panzini, Martin Suter, Dmitry Gulia, and Amy Lowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Claude Mauriac ranks 254. Before him are Renato Olmi, Jaap Bakema, Zainul Abedin, Ehrenfried Patzel, Rosalyn Tureck, and Alan Bullock. After him are Dmitry Lavrinenko, Ted Moore, Adrien Rommel, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Carlos Menditeguy, and Josette Day. Among people deceased in 1996, Claude Mauriac ranks 204. Before him are Roger Lapébie, Michel Pablo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Eva Cassidy, San Yu, and William Bonin. After him are Rene Bond, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Raaj Kumar, Ennio de Giorgi, Ottis Toole, and Jon Pertwee.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Mauriac ranks 4,202 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Mary of Avesnes (1280), Hatem Ben Arfa (1987), Christian d'Oriola (1928), Hélène Grimaud (1969), and Louis Henri Boussenard (1847). After him are Fernand de Langle de Cary (1849), Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957), Mathieu Flamini (1984), Marielle Goitschel (1945), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), and Marguerite Laugier (1896).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Mauriac ranks 537. Before him are Pierre Pithou (1539), Jakob Balde (1604), Pierre Emmanuel (1916), Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592), and Louis Henri Boussenard (1847). After him are Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Georges Courteline (1858), René Guillot (1900), Ernst Stadler (1883), Philippe Hériat (1898), and Francis de Miomandre (1880).

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