WRITER

François Villon

1431 - 1463

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François Villon (Modern French: [fʁɑ̃swa vijɔ̃]; Middle French: [frãːˈswɛ viˈlõː]; c. 1431 – after 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Villon has received more than 524,118 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). François Villon is the 127th most popular writer (down from 114th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from France (down from 129th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Writer.

François Villon is most famous for his poetry, which he wrote in the 14th century.

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  • 75.62

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  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
1900
Oeuvres
1911
Œuvres
1923
The poems of Master François Villon of Paris
French poetry
18783 / 5
Poésies
1920
François Villon
1958

Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Villon ranks 127 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivo Andrić, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Vladimir Nabokov, and Paul Verlaine. After him are Alexandre Dumas fils, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Guillaume Apollinaire, Plautus, Cato the Elder, and Hafez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1431, François Villon ranks 3. Before him are Vlad the Impaler, and Pope Alexander VI. After him are Andrea Mantegna, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Ladislaus Hunyadi, Çiçek Hatun, Jasper Tudor, Borommatrailokkanat, John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch, and John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. Among people deceased in 1463, François Villon ranks 1. After him are Marie of Anjou, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, David of Trebizond, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Flavio Biondo, Didacus of Alcalá, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Catherine of Bologna, Isidore of Kiev, John IV, Duke of Bavaria, and Mary of Guelders.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Villon ranks 137 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Deneuve (1943), Paul Verlaine (1844), Albert Schweitzer (1875), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Jacques Lacan (1901), and Charles V of France (1338). After him are Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Joachim Murat (1767), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Gérard Depardieu (1948), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Villon ranks 30. Before him are Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Sully Prudhomme (1839), Anatole France (1844), Jean Cocteau (1889), Guy de Maupassant (1850), and Paul Verlaine (1844). After him are Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Petronius (27), Jean Racine (1639), Annie Ernaux (1940), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), and Nicolas Flamel (1330).

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