WRITER

Gabrielle Roy

1909 - 1983

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Gabrielle Roy (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl ʁwa]; March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author from St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabrielle Roy has received more than 225,626 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gabrielle Roy is the 3,426th most popular writer (down from 3,114th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Canada (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gabrielle Roy ranks 3,426 out of 7,302. Before her are Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Giovanni della Casa, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Juana de Ibarbourou, Sophie von La Roche, and Marcin Bielski. After her are Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Alexander Sumarokov, Bing Xin, Mikhail Prishvin, Natallia Arsiennieva, and René Barjavel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Gabrielle Roy ranks 183. Before her are Josef Košťálek, Claude Cahen, Max Aub, Valentina Grizodubova, Riccardo Freda, and Martin Lings. After her are Hans Erni, Sylvère Maes, Nikola Vaptsarov, Sattar Bahlulzade, Gordon Bunshaft, and August Sabbe. Among people deceased in 1983, Gabrielle Roy ranks 124. Before her are Alan Cunningham, Paolo Pedretti, John Williams, Michel Micombero, Corrie ten Boom, and Romain Maes. After her are Cathy Berberian, José Iraragorri, Musine Kokalari, Herman Kahn, Norman Holter, and Nichita Stănescu.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gabrielle Roy ranks 210 out of 1,622. Before her are Chris Benoit (1967), Henry Clinton (1730), Philip Guston (1913), Joanna Shimkus (1943), Ethel Smith (1907), and Dave Foley (1963). After her are Frank Dux (1956), George Lawrence Price (1892), Cobie Smulders (1982), Sandra Oh (1971), John T. Dunlap (1957), and Phil Hartman (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Gabrielle Roy ranks 10. Before her are Saul Bellow (1915), Brian Tracy (1944), A. E. van Vogt (1912), David Morrell (1943), Anne Carson (1950), and Shulamith Firestone (1945). After her are Mazo de la Roche (1879), Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Anne Hébert (1916), and Marie-Claire Blais (1939).

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