WRITER

François Weyergans

1941 - 2019

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François Weyergans (French: [fʁɑ̃swa vɛjɛʁɡɑ̃s]; 2 August 1941 – 27 May 2019) was a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Weyergans has received more than 37,524 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. François Weyergans is the 5,099th most popular writer (down from 4,886th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 606th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Salomé
2005
Je suis écrivain
1989
Rire et pleurer
1990
Berlin mercredi
1979
La vie d'un bébé
1986
Trois jours chez ma mère
2005

Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Weyergans ranks 5,099 out of 7,302. Before him are María Teresa León, David Belasco, Andreas Kalvos, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Abdul Muis, and John O'Hara. After him are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Béla Illés, Nino Martoglio, George Borrow, Alexander Kazantsev, and Heinrich Zschokke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, François Weyergans ranks 442. Before him are Stavros Dimas, Jorma Kinnunen, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ileana Silai, Takehide Nakatani, and José Ufarte. After him are Christoph Höhne, Vikki Carr, Boris Gaganelov, Stanislav Stratiev, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, and Peter Takeo Okada. Among people deceased in 2019, François Weyergans ranks 351. Before him are Gjermund Eggen, Ora Namir, Jessica Jaymes, Jorma Kinnunen, Jed Allan, and José Manuel Estepa Llaurens. After him are Bernard Binlin Dadié, Bernard Lietaer, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Freddie Jones, Gerhard Auer, and Pat Crawford Brown.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François Weyergans ranks 656 out of 1,190. Before him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jef Planckaert (1934), Frank De Winne (1961), Wilfried Puis (1943), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), and Jules de Trooz (1857). After him are Jean De Clercq (1905), Felix de Muelenaere (1793), Bernard Lietaer (1942), Luc Millecamps (1951), Patrick Nève (1949), and Frank Brangwyn (1867).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, François Weyergans ranks 39. Before him are Willem Elsschot (1882), FM-2030 (1930), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Suzanne Lilar (1901), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), and Stijn Streuvels (1871). After him are Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Jan van Beers (1821), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), and Herman Teirlinck (1879).

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