WRITER

Eugène Scribe

1791 - 1861

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Augustin Eugène Scribe (French: [oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn skʁib]; 24 December 1791 – 20 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of many of the most successful grand operas and opéras-comiques. Born to a middle-class Parisian family, Scribe was intended for a legal career, but was drawn to the theatre, and began writing plays while still in his teens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Scribe has received more than 144,086 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Eugène Scribe is the 896th most popular writer (down from 880th in 2019), the 1,014th most popular biography from France (up from 1,034th in 2019) and the 136th most popular French Writer.

Eugène Scribe was a French dramatist and librettist who is most famous for writing the libretto for "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro."

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  • 140k

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  • 62.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugène Scribe ranks 896 out of 7,302. Before him are Silius Italicus, Kobayashi Issa, Hans Fallada, Tukaram, Ben Jonson, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. After him are Daniel Goleman, Roger Zelazny, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Appius Claudius Caecus, Shoko Asahara, and Sherwood Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Eugène Scribe ranks 14. Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Bopp, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Francesco Hayez, Johann Franz Encke, and Franz Grillparzer. After him are Jan Svatopluk Presl, István Széchenyi, Minh Mạng, Félix Savart, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, and Friedrich Parrot. Among people deceased in 1861, Eugène Scribe ranks 14. Before him are Lola Montez, Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. After him are Elisha Otis, Ranavalona I, Lars Levi Laestadius, Henri Murger, Teréz Brunszvik, and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 1,014 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), Julien Green (1900), Louis II of Anjou (1377), Gérard Mourou (1944), and Louise Bourgeois (1911). After him are Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Tetricus I (250), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Louis Malle (1932), and Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 136. Before him are Laura de Noves (1310), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jules Renard (1864), Philippe Ariès (1914), Charles Nodier (1780), and Julien Green (1900). After him are Maurice Druon (1918), Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Pierre Larousse (1817), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), and Johannes Tauler (1300).

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