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Claude Simon

1913 - 2005

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Claude Simon (French: [klod simɔ̃]; 10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was a French novelist and was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Simon has received more than 186,939 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Claude Simon is the 292nd most popular writer (up from 340th in 2019), the most popular biography from Madagascar and the most popular Malagasy Writer.

Claude Simon was a French novelist, poet, and essayist. He is most famous for his novels "The Flanders Road" and "The Golden Fleece."

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  • 190k

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  • 69.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude Simon ranks 292 out of 5,755. Before him are Archilochus, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Ernst Jünger, Simonides of Ceos, and Alice Munro. After him are Marguerite Duras, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Margaret Mitchell, Mikhail Sholokhov, Lucan, and Saadi Shirazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Claude Simon ranks 13. Before him are Menachem Begin, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Jesse Owens, and Burt Lancaster. After him are Klaus Barbie, Paul Ricœur, Ramón Mercader, Gustáv Husák, Benjamin Britten, and Sabiha Gökçen. Among people deceased in 2005, Claude Simon ranks 7. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Edward Heath, Rosa Parks, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Peter Drucker, and George Best. After him are Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Paul Ricœur, Simon Wiesenthal, Arthur Miller, Rinus Michels, and Pat Morita.

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In Madagascar

Among people born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1 out of 32. After him are Ranavalona III (1861), Ranavalona I (1788), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Rasoherina (1814), and Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Madagascar

Among writers born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1. After him are Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901).

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