WRITER

Gilles Leroy

1958 - Today

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Gilles Leroy (French pronunciation: [ʒil ləʁwa]; born 28 December 1958 in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French writer. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, which appears in his 1996 novel Les Maîtres du monde as the "Lycée Ducasse". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilles Leroy has received more than 19,443 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gilles Leroy is the 6,430th most popular writer (down from 5,944th in 2019), the 5,309th most popular biography from France (down from 4,932nd in 2019) and the 654th most popular French Writer.

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  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gilles Leroy ranks 6,430 out of 7,302. Before him are Jonathan Rosenbaum, James Lipton, Ruth Graham, Samuel Daniel, Kate Mosse, and Guzel Yakhina. After him are James Bowen, Daniel Handler, Dorji Wangmo, David Malouf, Helen Gurley Brown, and Leyla Aliyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Gilles Leroy ranks 556. Before him are Philippe Desmet, Jānis Ķipurs, Eva Korpela, Joop Hiele, Virgil Donati, and František Straka. After him are Frank Schaffer, Ion Draica, Joan Severance, Flemming Christensen, Meredith Brooks, and Stefano Sposetti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilles Leroy ranks 5,309 out of 6,770. Before him are Nora Arnezeder (1989), Maryvonne Dupureur (1937), Marina Hands (1975), Laurent Lucas (1965), Grégory Lemarchal (1983), and Clara Morgane (1981). After him are Bernard Baudoux (1928), Coralie Trinh Thi (1976), Djibril Sidibé (1992), Aïssa Mandi (1991), Frédérique Bel (1975), and Victor Wembanyama (2004).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gilles Leroy ranks 654. Before him are Philippe Méaille (1973), Mathias Énard (1972), Dominique Bona (1953), Christian Prudhomme (1960), Laurent Binet (1972), and Anne-Marie Garat (1946). After him are Alexandre del Valle (1968), David Foenkinos (1974), Alberto Angela (1962), Véronique Tadjo (1955), Maylis de Kerangal (1967), and David Diop (1966).

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