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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 134,585 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eugène Scribe is the 881st most popular writer (up from 916th in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from France (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 135th 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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  • 130k

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  • 61.91

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.86

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  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugène Scribe ranks 881 out of 5,755Before him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Gaius Lucilius, Basava, Vicente Aleixandre, and Hans Sachs. After him are Thomas Malory, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Clifford D. Simak, Philostratus, Abraham Abulafia, and Wilkie Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Eugène Scribe ranks 12Before him are Carl Czerny, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, James Buchanan, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Bopp, and Francesco Hayez. After him are Franz Grillparzer, István Széchenyi, Minh Mạng, Friedrich Parrot, Félix Savart, and Johann Franz Encke. Among people deceased in 1861, Eugène Scribe ranks 12Before him are Xianfeng Emperor, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pedro V of Portugal, Lola Montez, and Pavel Jozef Šafárik. After him are Elisha Otis, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Ranavalona I, Henri Murger, and Lars Levi Laestadius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 1,037 out of 6,011Before him are Anne de Montmorency (1493), Lili Boulanger (1893), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Émile Gallé (1846), Robert de Sorbon (1201), and Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800). After him are Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), Séraphine Louis (1864), Christian Clavier (1952), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Jean Vigo (1905), and Jacques Clément (1567).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Scribe ranks 135Before him are Theodore Beza (1519), Annie Ernaux (1940), Antoine Galland (1646), Maurice Denis (1870), Éric Zemmour (1958), and Jean de Joinville (1224). After him are Jacques Clément (1567), Bertran de Born (1140), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Charles Maurras (1868), Madame de La Fayette (1634), and Georges Bernanos (1888).