WRITER

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 185,192 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Claude Simon is the 299th most popular writer (down from 292nd 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."

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vent
French fiction
Upon arriving in a southern French town to claim his inheritance, a stranger unwittingly stirs up a storm of violent emotions.
1959
Triptyque
1973
L' herbe
French fiction
1958
Corps conducteurs
1974
Histoire
1967
Le palace
1962

Page views of Claude Simons by language

Over the past year Claude Simon has had the most page views in the with 32,031 views, followed by English (20,779), and German (7,180). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hakka (188.26%), Kazakh (180.38%), and Mazandarani (72.80%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claude Simon ranks 299 out of 7,302. Before him are Carl Spitteler, Colette, Sayyid Qutb, Anne Brontë, Jon Fosse, and Heinrich von Kleist. After him are Lucan, Elfriede Jelinek, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Carlos Castaneda, Pierre Beaumarchais, and Chrétien de Troyes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Claude Simon ranks 11. Before him are Menachem Begin, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, and Josef Bican. After him are Jesse Owens, Klaus Barbie, Gustáv Husák, Burt Lancaster, Ramón Mercader, and Paul Ricœur. Among people deceased in 2005, Claude Simon ranks 8. Before him are Edward Heath, Rosa Parks, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, George Best, Arthur Miller, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Rinus Michels, Peter Drucker, Hans Bethe, Paul Ricœur, Simon Wiesenthal, and Rafic Hariri.

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In Madagascar

Among people born in Madagascar, Claude Simon ranks 1 out of 36. After him are Ranavalona III (1861), Ranavalona I (1788), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Ranavalona II (1829), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Radama I (1793), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Radama II (1829), 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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