WRITER

Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

1707 - 1777

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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 February 1707 – 12 April 1777), called Crébillon fils or Crébillon le Gai (Crébillon the Gay) to distinguish him from his father, was a French novelist. Born in Paris, he was the son of a famous tragedian, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon père or Crébillon the Tragic). He received a Jesuit education at the elite Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon has received more than 52,417 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon is the 3,439th most popular writer (down from 3,431st in 2019), the 3,515th most popular biography from France (down from 3,384th in 2019) and the 447th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Les égarements du coeur et de l'esprit
1779
Oeuvres de Crébillon
1772
Lettres de la marquise de M*** au comte de R***
1738
La nuit et le moment
1762
Le sopha
1749
L' écumoire
1884

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Over the past year Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon has had the most page views in the with 10,655 views, followed by English (7,682), and Russian (2,165). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (99.04%), Egyptian Arabic (44.22%), and Mazandarani (43.51%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 3,439 out of 7,302. Before him are Nobuko Yoshiya, Booker T. Washington, Betty Mahmoody, Robert Kerr, Alberto Savinio, and Nikola Vaptsarov. After him are Andrey Piontkovsky, Zulfiya, Ennin, Sanmao, Massimo Bontempelli, and Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 14. Before him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, Charles Wesley, and Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. After him are Johannes Burman, Johann Amman, Stephen Hopkins, Benjamin Robins, and Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1777, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 17. Before him are Charles-Joseph Natoire, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Dai Zhen, Alexander Sumarokov, and Bernard de Jussieu. After him are William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mir Qasim, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Enrichetta d'Este, and Dolly Pentreath.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 3,515 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard de Jussieu (1699), Jean Ragnotti (1945), Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776), René Barjavel (1911), Madeleine Renaud (1900), and Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans (1714). After him are Hippolyte Carnot (1801), Jacques-Alain Miller (1944), Michel Aumont (1936), Lucien Pissarro (1863), Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), and André Parrot (1901).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ranks 447. Before him are Octave Feuillet (1821), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Jean-François Regnard (1655), Pierre Bec (1921), Max Aub (1909), and René Barjavel (1911). After him are Frédéric Dard (1921), Alain Chartier (1392), Roger Vailland (1907), Bonaventure des Périers (1510), Léo Malet (1909), and Emmanuel Bove (1898).

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