1808 - 1855
Gérard de Nerval (French: [ʒeʁaʁ də nɛʁval]; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855), the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, was a French essayist, poet, translator, and travel writer. He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard de Nerval has received more than 454,654 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Gérard de Nerval is the 523rd most popular writer (down from 473rd in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from France (down from 543rd in 2019) and the 90th 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 523 out of 5,755. Before him are Ulrich von Hutten, Giacomo Leopardi, Jostein Gaarder, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Ismail Kadare, and Giorgos Seferis. After him are Cassiodorus, Sidney Sheldon, Lesya Ukrainka, T. S. Eliot, Paul Claudel, and Muhammad Iqbal.
1488 - 1523
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 517
1798 - 1837
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 518
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 519
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 520
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 521
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 522
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 523
487 - 583
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 524
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 525
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 526
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 527
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 528
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 529
Among people born in 1808, Gérard de Nerval ranks 12. Before him are Patrice de MacMahon, Jefferson Davis, Emir Abdelkader, Frederick VII of Denmark, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, and Thomas Cook. After him are Maria Malibran, Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, Solomon Northup, Carl Spitzweg, and Princess Louise of Prussia. 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, Pavel Nakhimov, François Rude, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and François Magendie.
1808 - 1893
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 6
1808 - 1889
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 7
1808 - 1883
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 8
1808 - 1863
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 10
1808 - 1892
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 11
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 12
1808 - 1836
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 13
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 14
1808 - 1874
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 15
1808 - 1863
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 16
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 17
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 18
1777 - 1855
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 1
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 2
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 3
1816 - 1855
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 4
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 5
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 6
1788 - 1855
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 7
1822 - 1855
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 8
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 9
1784 - 1855
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 10
1797 - 1855
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 11
1783 - 1855
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Gérard de Nerval ranks 613 out of 6,011. Before him are Marie of Anjou (1404), Albert Uderzo (1927), Isabelle Adjani (1955), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), and Francis Picabia (1879). After him are Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), France Gall (1947), Michel Legrand (1932), Peter Waldo (1140), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), and Paul Claudel (1868).
1404 - 1463
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 607
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 608
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 609
1867 - 1947
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 610
1489 - 1537
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 611
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 612
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 613
1848 - 1922
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 614
1947 - 2018
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 615
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 616
1140 - 1205
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 617
1320 - 1380
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 618
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 619
Among writers born in France, Gérard de Nerval ranks 90. Before him are Jules Michelet (1798), Gaston Leroux (1868), Alfred de Musset (1810), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Héloïse (1101), and Henri Barbusse (1873). After him are Paul Claudel (1868), Camille Flammarion (1842), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Alfred Jarry (1873), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), and Bernard Gui (1261).
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 84
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 85
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 86
1394 - 1465
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 87
1101 - 1164
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 88
1873 - 1935
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 89
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 90
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 91
1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 92
1784 - 1833
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 93
1873 - 1907
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 94
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 95
1261 - 1331
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 96