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Frankétienne

1936 - Today

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Frankétienne (born Franck Étienne on April 12, 1936, in Ravine-Sèche, Haiti) is a Haitian writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician, activist and intellectual. He is recognized as one of Haiti's leading writers and playwrights of both French and Haitian Creole, and is "known as the father of Haitian letters". As a painter, he is known for his colorful abstract works, often emphasizing the colors blue and red. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frankétienne has received more than 85,463 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frankétienne is the 3,983rd most popular writer (up from 4,115th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Haiti (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Writer.

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  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frankétienne ranks 3,983 out of 7,302. Before her are Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Irena Veisaitė, Simonas Daukantas, Emmy Hennings, Titus Calpurnius Siculus, and Lady Ise. After her are Yuriy Venelin, Wilferd Madelung, Joan Lindsay, Matilde Serao, Maxwell Anderson, and Ralph Ellison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Frankétienne ranks 297. Before her are Stephen E. Ambrose, Nutan, Frederick Ballantyne, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Abraham Lempel, and Troy Donahue. After her are Igor Rodionov, Héctor Núñez, Eva Hesse, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Robert Langlands, and Zdeněk Mácal.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Frankétienne ranks 30 out of 94. Before her are Henri Namphy (1932), Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789), Paul Magloire (1907), Dumarsais Estimé (1900), Michel Martelly (1961), and Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943). After her are Fabre Geffrard (1806), Sténio Vincent (1874), René Depestre (1926), Jacques Roumain (1907), Élie Lescot (1883), and Gérard Latortue (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Haiti

Among writers born in Haiti, Frankétienne ranks 1. After her are René Depestre (1926), Jacques Roumain (1907), Dany Laferrière (1953), and Edwidge Danticat (1969).

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