1808 - 1855
Gérard de Nerval (French: [ʒeʁaʁ də nɛʁval]; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855) was the nom de plume of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu (The Daughters of Fire), which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado". Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French readers to the works of German Romantic authors, including Klopstock, Schiller, Bürger and Goethe. His later work merged poetry and journalism in a fictional context and influenced Marcel Proust. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard de Nerval has received more than 295,055 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Gérard de Nerval is the 473rd most popular writer (up from 491st in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from France (up from 564th in 2019) and the 84th most popular French Writer.
Gérard de Nerval was a French poet and novelist who is most famous for his novel "Les Chimères".
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Among writers, Gérard de Nerval ranks 473 out of 5,794. Before him are Louis Aragon, Paula Hitler, Susan Sontag, Tennessee Williams, Yunus Emre, and Frans Eemil Sillanpää. After him are Arion, Henry IV of Castile, Jostein Gaarder, Imadaddin Nasimi, Edmondo De Amicis, and Anaïs Nin.
1897 - 1982
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 467
1896 - 1960
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 468
1933 - 2004
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 469
1911 - 1983
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 470
1240 - 1321
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 471
1888 - 1964
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 472
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 473
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 474
1425 - 1474
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 475
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 476
1369 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 477
1846 - 1908
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 478
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 479
Among people born in 1808, Gérard de Nerval ranks 10. Before him are Andrew Johnson, Patrice de MacMahon, Emir Abdelkader, Frederick VII of Denmark, Jefferson Davis, and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. After him are Thomas Cook, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, David Strauss, Johann Gustav Droysen, Maria Malibran, and Carl Spitzweg. Among people deceased in 1855, Gérard de Nerval ranks 6. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Søren Kierkegaard, Nicholas I of Russia, Charlotte Brontë, and Adam Mickiewicz. After him are Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Adelaide of Austria, François Rude, Pavel Nakhimov, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and François Magendie.
1808 - 1875
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 4
1808 - 1893
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 5
1808 - 1883
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 6
1808 - 1863
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 7
1808 - 1889
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 8
1808 - 1892
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 9
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 10
1808 - 1892
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 11
1808 - 1888
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 12
1808 - 1874
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 13
1808 - 1884
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 14
1808 - 1836
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 15
1808 - 1885
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 16
1777 - 1855
HPI: 89.18
Rank: 1
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 2
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 3
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 4
1798 - 1855
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 5
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 6
1788 - 1855
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 7
1822 - 1855
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 8
1784 - 1855
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 9
1802 - 1855
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 10
1797 - 1855
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 11
1783 - 1855
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Gérard de Nerval ranks 544 out of 5,234. Before him are Louis Aragon (1897), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Daniel Auber (1782), and Eugène Boudin (1824). After him are Brigitte Macron (1953), Anaïs Nin (1903), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), Charles II of Navarre (1332), and Boris Vian (1920).
1897 - 1982
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 538
1930 - 2002
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 539
1781 - 1789
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 540
1530 - 1569
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 541
1782 - 1871
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 542
1824 - 1898
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 543
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 544
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 545
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 546
1383 - 1451
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 547
1752 - 1833
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 548
1332 - 1387
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 549
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 550
Among writers born in France, Gérard de Nerval ranks 84. Before him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Henri Barbusse (1873), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), and Louis Aragon (1897). After him are Anaïs Nin (1903), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), George Steiner (1929), Héloïse (1101), and Camille Flammarion (1842).
1636 - 1711
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 78
1688 - 1763
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 79
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 80
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 81
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 82
1897 - 1982
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 83
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 84
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 85
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 86
1798 - 1874
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 87
1929 - 2020
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 88
1101 - 1164
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 89
1842 - 1925
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 90