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Henri Murger

1822 - 1861

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Louis-Henri Murger (27 March 1822 – 28 January 1861), also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger, was a French novelist and poet. He is chiefly distinguished as the author of the 1847-1849 book Scènes de la vie de bohème (Scenes of Bohemian Life), which is based on his own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian garret (the top floor of buildings, where artists often lived) and as a member of a loose club of friends who called themselves "the water drinkers" (because they were too poor to afford wine). In his writing he combines instinct with pathos, humour, and sadness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Murger has received more than 119,077 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henri Murger is the 1,343rd most popular writer (down from 1,184th in 2019), the 1,545th most popular biography from France (down from 1,364th in 2019) and the 189th most popular French Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 59.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Scènes de la Bohème
1851
Le bonhomme Jadis
1853
Scènes de la vie de Bohème
Artists in literature, Bohemianism, French fiction
1900
Propos de ville et propos de théâtre
1800
Le sabot rouge
1860

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henri Murger ranks 1,343 out of 7,302. Before him are Christine Nöstlinger, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Sergey Mikhalkov, Chernorizets Hrabar, Maria Shriver, and Kurt Tucholsky. After him are Nadezhda Mandelstam, Adalberon, Edith Södergran, Georgi Markov, Abu Tammam, and Ignazio Silone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Henri Murger ranks 26. Before him are Adelaide of Austria, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Red Cloud, and Juan, Count of Montizón. After him are Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Joseph Bertrand, Jules Antoine Lissajous, Charles Friedel, Joachim Raff, and Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1861, Henri Murger ranks 18. Before him are Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Eugène Scribe, Elisha Otis, Ranavalona I, and Lars Levi Laestadius. After him are Teréz Brunszvik, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Heinrich Marschner, Jonas Furrer, and Henri Mouhot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Murger ranks 1,545 out of 6,770. Before him are John of Matha (1150), Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Arnaud Amalric (1160), and Eugène Schueller (1881). After him are Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Henri Pitot (1695), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), and Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Murger ranks 189. Before him are Maurice Barrès (1862), Michel Verne (1861), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Odo of Cluny (878), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559). After him are Adalberon (947), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Joseph Bédier (1864), Émile Gaboriau (1832), and François de Malherbe (1555).

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