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Daniel Pennac

1944 - Today

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Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Corsican and Provençal family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Pennac has received more than 163,348 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Daniel Pennac is the 1,347th most popular writer (up from 1,414th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Morocco and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Writer.

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  • 160k

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  • 58.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Pennac ranks 1,347 out of 5,755. Before him are Joyce Carol Oates, Radoje Domanović, William Styron, Stig Dagerman, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, and Samuel R. Delany. After him are Ibn Khallikan, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, Ubertino of Casale, Adam de la Halle, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Daniel Pennac ranks 108. Before him are Erwin Neher, W. G. Sebald, Patrick Depailler, Roger Daltrey, Gary Busey, and Frank Oz. After him are Michael Nyman, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Chico Buarque, Kiri Te Kanawa, Nana Akufo-Addo, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Daniel Pennac ranks 27 out of 198. Before him are Ibn Tumart (1097), Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Frida Boccara (1940), Hassan I of Morocco (1836), and Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631). After him are Ahmad al-Badawi (1199), Mordechai Vanunu (1954), Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878), Mehdi Ben Barka (1920), Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), and Larbi Benbarek (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Daniel Pennac ranks 3. Before him are Fatema Mernissi (1940) and Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944). After him are Mohamed Choukri (1935), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Ahmed Rami (1946), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), Leïla Slimani (1981), Abdellah Taïa (1973), and Laila Lalami (1968).

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