WRITER

Hervé Bazin

1911 - 1996

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Hervé Bazin (French: [bazɛ̃]; 17 April 1911 – 17 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hervé Bazin has received more than 76,808 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Hervé Bazin is the 2,951st most popular writer (down from 2,859th in 2019), the 3,110th most popular biography from France (down from 3,000th in 2019) and the 390th most popular French Writer.

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  • 53.12

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Qui j'ose aimer
1956
Les bienheureux de la désolation
1970
Vipère au poing
1948
Le matrimoine
1967
L' huile sur le feu
1954
Lève-toi et marche
1952

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hervé Bazin ranks 2,951 out of 7,302. Before him are Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Otway, Gerard Reve, Alfred Andersch, and Isabella di Morra. After him are Paul Gallico, Tudor Arghezi, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, and Anne Carson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Hervé Bazin ranks 144. Before him are Clara Rockmore, Gabriel Almond, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Son Sann, Anatoly Rybakov, and Marta Hillers. After him are E. F. Schumacher, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Ljubiša Broćić, Hans von Ohain, Nello Pagani, and Abderrahmane Farès. Among people deceased in 1996, Hervé Bazin ranks 127. Before him are Ljuba Welitsch, Aruna Asaf Ali, Dan Flavin, Pierre Grimal, Tito Okello, and Arleigh Burke. After him are José Donoso, Max Manus, Georgios Zoitakis, Virginia Cherrill, Annabella, and Pilar Lorengar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hervé Bazin ranks 3,110 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), Suzanne Curchod (1737), Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746), Pierre Étaix (1928), George Onslow (1784), and Albert Batteux (1919). After him are Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Fud Leclerc (1924), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Olivier Panis (1966), Pascal Greggory (1954), and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Hervé Bazin ranks 390. Before him are Armand Salacrou (1899), Jean-François Revel (1924), Pascal Bruckner (1948), Thomas Corneille (1625), Suzanne Curchod (1737), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), Jean Echenoz (1947), Louise Weiss (1893), Auguste Barbier (1805), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), and Vincent Voiture (1597).

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