WRITER

Gilles Perrault

1931 - 2023

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Jacques Peyroles (9 March 1931 – 3 August 2023), better known by his pen name Gilles Perrault, was a French writer and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilles Perrault has received more than 50,146 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilles Perrault is the 5,300th most popular writer, the 4,649th most popular biography from France and the 595th most popular French Writer.

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  • 50k

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  • 46.61

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gilles Perrault ranks 5,300 out of 7,302Before him are Joanne Harris, Giorgi Leonidze, Shere Hite, Ben Bova, Majit Gafuri, and Vikenty Veresaev. After him are Jan de Hartog, Justine Musk, Teresa de la Parra, Ahmed Sofa, Elizabeth Gilbert, and David Peoples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gilles Perrault ranks 437Before him are Barry Foster, Andrija Fuderer, E. C. George Sudarshan, Jiří Feureisl, Marina Popovich, and Nelly Kaplan. After him are Charles Bassett, Peter Kirby, Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Naci Erdem, Pál Várhidi, and Rupert Hollaus. Among people deceased in 2023, Gilles Perrault ranks 470Before him are Damir Šolman, Rolf Harris, Klaus Beer, Vadim Abdrashitov, Margaret Archer, and Heide Simonis. After him are Walter Davis, Sergio Gori, Jaak Lipso, Attila Abonyi, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, and Benjamin Zephaniah.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilles Perrault ranks 4,649 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Hardouin (1646), Robert Hirsch (1925), Bernard Darniche (1942), Jules Koundé (1998), Olivier Grouillard (1958), and Anton Grasser (1891). After him are Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), Maryse Bastié (1898), Teresa de la Parra (1889), Gaston Bonnier (1853), Jacques Jasmin (1798), and André Gaudin (1874).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gilles Perrault ranks 595Before him are Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), Jacques Laurent (1919), Jean Clair (1940), Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884), Armand Lanoux (1913), and Marguerite Audoux (1863). After him are Teresa de la Parra (1889), Jacques Jasmin (1798), Delphine de Vigan (1966), Thierry Meyssan (1957), Marie Noël (1883), and Vernon Lee (1856).