WRITER

Henri Meilhac

1831 - 1897

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Henri Meilhac (23 February 1830 – 6 July 1897) was a French dramatist and opera librettist, best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on Georges Bizet's Carmen and on the works of Jacques Offenbach, as well as Jules Massenet's Manon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Meilhac has received more than 87,890 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Henri Meilhac is the 3,032nd most popular writer (down from 2,927th in 2019), the 3,181st most popular biography from France (down from 3,038th in 2019) and the 399th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Fledermaus, or, the Bat's Revenge
Librettos, Operas, Opera
1989
L' été de la Saint-Martin
1800
L' autographe
1858
Fanny Lear
1875
Carmen
Operas, Librettos, Scores
1800
Frou-Frou
1870

Page views of Henri Meilhacs by language

Over the past year Henri Meilhac has had the most page views in the with 12,650 views, followed by French (6,032), and Spanish (2,617). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (216.90%), Piedmontese (92.48%), and Spanish (45.96%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henri Meilhac ranks 3,032 out of 7,302. Before him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Donna Tartt, Jens Baggesen, Nathan Birnbaum, Sumitranandan Pant, and Prince Henri of Orléans. After him are Miodrag Bulatović, Alan Sillitoe, August Šenoa, Lars Saabye Christensen, Julius Pomponius Laetus, and Heo Nanseolheon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Henri Meilhac ranks 57. Before him are Konstantin Leontiev, George Pullman, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and Paolo Mantegazza. After him are Subh-i-Azal, Georg Sauerwein, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, Theodor Aman, and Hedwig Dohm. Among people deceased in 1897, Henri Meilhac ranks 41. Before him are George Pullman, Julius von Sachs, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Charles Boycott, and Karol Mikuli. After him are Ion Ghica, Émile Levassor, Prince William of Baden, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Infanta Isabel Fernanda of Spain, and Édouard Deldevez.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Meilhac ranks 3,181 out of 6,770. Before him are Gustave Lanson (1857), Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909), André-Louis Danjon (1890), Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy (1386), Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808), and Jacques-André Naigeon (1738). After him are Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200), Bernard Morel (1925), Marc Ferro (1924), Adolphe Pégoud (1889), Jean Guillou (1930), and J. F. Oberlin (1740).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Meilhac ranks 399. Before him are Louise Weiss (1893), Auguste Barbier (1805), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Vincent Voiture (1597), Thomas of Britain (1200), and Michel Ocelot (1943). After him are Charles Blanc (1813), Joseph Joffo (1931), Jean Astruc (1684), Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), and Sylvain Maréchal (1750).

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