WRITER

Eugène Dabit

1898 - 1936

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Eugene Dabit (21 September 1898 in Mers-les-Bains – 21 August 1936 in Sevastopol) was a French socialist writer. He was part of the group "proletarian literature" and had a great success for his novel L'Hôtel du Nord which won the du Prix du roman populiste and was filmed in 1938 by Marcel Carné. He maintained an important correspondence with Roger Martin du Gard. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Dabit has received more than 16,539 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Dabit is the 5,640th most popular writer, the 4,819th most popular biography from France and the 616th most popular French Writer.

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  • 17k

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  • 45.50

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' île
1934
Le mal de vivre
1939
HÔtel du Nord
2017
Eugène Dabit, Roger Martin Du Gard
Correspondence, French Authors, Dabit, Eugène, 1898-1936 -- Correspondence.
1986
L' Hôtel du Nord
1929
L' hotel du Nord
1946

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugène Dabit ranks 5,640 out of 7,302. Before him are Wolfgang Hohlbein, Stephen Spender, Olavi Paavolainen, Karin Slaughter, Jerry Falwell, and Masih Alinejad. After him are Zitkala-Sa, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Michael Scott, Carsten Jensen, Kate Wilhelm, and George William Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Eugène Dabit ranks 254. Before him are Boris Lisunov, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Constance Talmadge, J. Slauerhoff, Boško Simonović, and Norma Varden. After him are Valentín Paz-Andrade, Cesare Merzagora, H. A. Rey, Édouard Candeveau, Chesty Puller, and Vincent Youmans. Among people deceased in 1936, Eugène Dabit ranks 177. Before him are Ivan Fomin, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Jacques Sautereau, Domenico Mezzadri, J. Slauerhoff, and Billy Mitchell. After him are Urani Rumbo, Marmaduke Pickthall, Alice Davenport, Jean Jacoby, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and Edmund Breese.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Dabit ranks 4,819 out of 6,770. Before him are Pascal Lainé (1942), Diane Kurys (1948), Thierry Omeyer (1976), André Dhôtel (1900), Bertrand Bonello (1968), and Billy Mitchell (1879). After him are Maurice Schilles (1888), Patrick Chesnais (1947), André Ayew (1989), Hélène Boucher (1908), Guy Lapébie (1916), and Olivier Gruner (1960).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Dabit ranks 616. Before him are Isabelle Collin Dufresne (1935), Louis Guilloux (1899), Michiel de Swaen (1654), Olivier Rolin (1947), Pascal Lainé (1942), and André Dhôtel (1900). After him are Alfred Capus (1858), Jean-Paul Dubois (1950), Paul Arène (1843), Anna Kavan (1901), Michel Deguy (1930), and Florian Zeller (1979).

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