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Clément Marot

1495 - 1544

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Clément Marot (23 November 1496 – 12 September 1544) was a French Renaissance poet. He was influenced by the writers of the late 15th century and paved the way for the Pléiade, and is undoubtedly the most important poet at the court of Francis I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clément Marot has received more than 117,207 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Clément Marot is the 1,130th most popular writer (up from 1,301st in 2019), the 1,293rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,511th in 2019) and the 165th most popular French Writer.

Clément Marot is most famous for being a French poet and writer during the 16th century. He wrote many poems and contributed to the first French translation of the Bible.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

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  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clément Marot ranks 1,130 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Lü Dongbin, Edmund Spenser, John Grisham, August von Kotzebue, and Lycophron. After him are Sami Frashëri, John Updike, Fredric Brown, Rigas Feraios, Bharata Muni, and Saint Gall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Clément Marot ranks 6. Before him are Cuauhtémoc, Francesco II Sforza, John of God, Petrus Apianus, and Enrique of Malacca. After him are Jan van Scorel, Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, and Luigi Alamanni. Among people deceased in 1544, Clément Marot ranks 4. Before him are Jungjong of Joseon, Hwang Jini, and Manco Inca Yupanqui. After him are Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Johannes Magnus, Ruy López de Villalobos, Pedro Damiano, Valerius Cordus, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Antonio de Guevara, and Bonaventure des Périers.

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In France

Among people born in France, Clément Marot ranks 1,293 out of 6,770. Before him are Max Linder (1883), Dalmatius (350), Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (1523), Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754), Gérard Debreu (1921), and Bernard Hinault (1954). After him are Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Ernest Gellner (1925), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Michel Butor (1926), Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), and Caterina Valente (1931).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Clément Marot ranks 165. Before him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Charles Péguy (1873), Jean Giono (1895), and Alain-Fournier (1886). After him are Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), and Vivant Denon (1747).

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