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Frédéric Mistral

1830 - 1914

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Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (French: [mistʁal]; Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frédéric Mistral has received more than 196,151 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Frédéric Mistral is the 259th most popular writer (down from 256th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from France (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Writer.

Frederic Mistral is most famous for writing the poem "Mirèio" and for being the founder of the Provençal language.

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  • 95

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frédéric Mistral ranks 259 out of 5,755. Before him are Eckhart Tolle, Isabel Allende, Bartolomé de las Casas, Halldór Laxness, Dario Fo, and Henrik Pontoppidan. After him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Jaroslav Hašek, Alfonso X of Castile, Henry Miller, and Carlo Goldoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Frédéric Mistral ranks 6. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Camille Pissarro, Abdülaziz, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. After him are Isabella II of Spain, Paul Heyse, Hector Malot, Julius Lothar Meyer, Porfirio Díaz, and Eadweard Muybridge. Among people deceased in 1914, Frédéric Mistral ranks 6. Before him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Pope Pius X, Charles Albert Gobat, Bertha von Suttner, and Charles Sanders Peirce. After him are George Westinghouse, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Paul Heyse, Carol I of Romania, August Weismann, and Jean Jaurès.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frédéric Mistral ranks 300 out of 6,011. Before him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Louis VI of France (1081), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Michel Platini (1955), and Chlothar I (498). After him are Joan I of Navarre (1273), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Alfred Werner (1866), and Bernard Arnault (1949).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Frédéric Mistral ranks 44. Before him are Colette (1873), Pierre Corneille (1606), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), and Germaine de Staël (1766). After him are Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise Sagan (1935), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Paul Valéry (1871), Antonin Artaud (1896), and Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749).

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