WRITER

Françoise Giroud

1916 - 2003

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Françoise Giroud, born Lea France Gourdji (21 September 1916 in Lausanne, Switzerland and not in Geneva as often written – 19 January 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French journalist, screenwriter, writer, and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Françoise Giroud has received more than 80,595 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Françoise Giroud is the 3,535th most popular writer (up from 3,569th in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La comédie du pouvoir
Biography, Politics and government, Statesmen
1977
Le bon plaisir
1983
Leçons particulières
1990
Si je mens
1972
Une poignée d'eau
1973
Alma Mahler, ou, L'art d'être aimée
Arts, Biography, History
1988

Page views of Françoise Girouds by language

Over the past year Françoise Giroud has had the most page views in the with 95,721 views, followed by English (9,871), and Italian (2,751). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (76.41%), Hebrew (69.44%), and Catalan (49.33%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Françoise Giroud ranks 3,535 out of 7,302. Before her are Laza Lazarević, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Molla Panah Vagif, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Jozef Miloslav Hurban. After her are Donald Barthelme, Xiao Hong, Howard Pyle, Edwin Arnold, Cotton Mather, and Václav Hanka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Françoise Giroud ranks 147. Before her are Sudirman, José López Rega, Jurij Brězan, Carlo Rustichelli, Wan Li, and Keenan Wynn. After her are Jack Arnold, Arie van Vliet, Evelyn Keyes, Paul Halmos, Dom Mintoff, and Anton Diffring. Among people deceased in 2003, Françoise Giroud ranks 169. Before her are Augusto Monterroso, Lu'ay al-Atassi, Selahattin Ülkümen, Jean Yanne, Benny Carter, and Wolfgang Larrazábal. After her are Saifuddin Azizi, Philip Stone, Daishiro Yoshimura, Diana Mosley, Luděk Pachman, and Hal Clement.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Françoise Giroud ranks 363 out of 1,015. Before her are Hans Erni (1909), Jakob Hermann (1678), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Daniel Schmid (1941), and Luuk de Jong (1990). After her are Stéphane Chapuisat (1969), Othmar Schoeck (1886), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), Alexander Schallenberg (1969), and Alphons Egli (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Françoise Giroud ranks 33. Before her are Peter Bieri (1944), Arthur Cravan (1887), Edmond Privat (1889), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), Isaac Casaubon (1559), and Ella Maillart (1903). After her are Theodore Bibliander (1500), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Robert Pinget (1919), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Peter Bichsel (1935), and Fernán Caballero (1796).

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