WRITER

Georges Rodenbach

1855 - 1898

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Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach (16 July 1855 – 25 December 1898) was a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Rodenbach has received more than 80,154 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Rodenbach is the 1,415th most popular writer (down from 1,326th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 174th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le carillonneur
1908
Bruges-la-Morte
Fiction, Widowers, In literature
1892
Le règne du silence
1901
Le rouet des brumes
Accessible book
1900
Le mirage
1901
Les vies encloses
1896

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georges Rodenbach ranks 1,415 out of 7,302. Before him are Georg Heym, Philippe Soupault, Liang Qichao, A. B. Yehoshua, Agrippa d'Aubigné, and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly. After him are Remy de Gourmont, Béla Balázs, Ryū Murakami, Joseph Mohr, Qiu Jin, and Du Mu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Georges Rodenbach ranks 20. Before him are Robert Koldewey, Paul-Jacques Curie, Živojin Mišić, Arthur Nikisch, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Robert de Montesquiou. After him are Narayana Guru, Guido Adler, Anatoly Lyadov, Vlaho Bukovac, Axel Paulsen, and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Among people deceased in 1898, Georges Rodenbach ranks 27. Before him are Heungseon Daewongun, William Ewart Gladstone, Edward Burne-Jones, Princess Francisca of Brazil, Zachris Topelius, and Prince Gong. After him are Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Georg Ebers, Tuone Udaina, Siegfried Marcus, George Müller, and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Georges Rodenbach ranks 181 out of 1,190. Before him are Justus van Gent (1430), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), André Franquin (1924), Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), and John Langenus (1891). After him are Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), and Zénobe Gramme (1826).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Georges Rodenbach ranks 11. Before him are Émile Verhaeren (1855), Marguerite Porete (1250), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), and Victor Serge (1890). After him are Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Jean Bolland (1596), and William of Moerbeke (1215).

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