WRITER

Francis Carco

1886 - 1958

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Francis Carco (born François Carcopino-Tusoli) (1886–1958) was a French author, born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the Fantaisiste school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for L'Homme libre and Gil Blas. During World War I he became an aviation pilot at Étampes, after studying at the aviation school there. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Carco has received more than 43,776 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Carco is the 5,580th most popular writer, the 4th most popular biography from New Caledonia and the most popular Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jesus-la-caille
Le roman de François Villon
Fiction, Poets, History
Francis Carco
De Montmartre au Quartier latin
Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Intellectuals
Jésus-la-Caille
Perversity
Siblings, Fiction, Prostitution

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francis Carco ranks 5,580 out of 7,302Before him are Ferenc Móra, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steven Millhauser, Vladimir Bogomolov, Guus Kuijer, and Mikhail Svetlov. After him are Zofka Kveder, Beryl Markham, Aubrey de Grey, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Lina Morgenstern, and Douglas Coupland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Francis Carco ranks 261Before him are Marcel Riesz, John Eke, Robert Julius Trumpler, Pranas Dovydaitis, Owen Moore, and Hanns Braun. After him are Harold Nicolson, Robert L. Eichelberger, Arthur Whitten Brown, Gustavo Jiménez, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, and Fidel Pagés. Among people deceased in 1958, Francis Carco ranks 165Before him are Nezihe Muhiddin, Daniel Norling, Olaf Gulbransson, David Pegg, Walther Schreiber, and Billy Whelan. After him are Frank Swift, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Norman Bel Geddes, Sam Zimbalist, George Orton, and Kurt Neumann.

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In New Caledonia

Among people born in New Caledonia, Francis Carco ranks 4 out of 8Before him are Christian Karembeu (1970), Antoine Kombouaré (1963), and Colin Higgins (1941). After him are Jacques Zimako (1951), Frédéric Piquionne (1978), Bertrand Kaï (1983), Georges Gope-Fenepej (1988), Maxime Grousset (1999), Bassa Mawem (1984), and Lara Grangeon (1991).

Among WRITERS In New Caledonia

Among writers born in New Caledonia, Francis Carco ranks 1