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J. M. G. Le Clézio

1940 - Today

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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ɡystav lə klezjo]; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. M. G. Le Clézio has received more than 420,503 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). J. M. G. Le Clézio is the 246th most popular writer (up from 392nd in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from France (up from 461st in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Writer.

J. M. G. Le Clézio is most famous for being the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is also known for his novel "Le Procès-Verbal" which was translated into English as "The Interrogation".

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 91

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' Extase matérielle
1967
Le procès-verbal
1963
Mondo et autres histoires
1978
La Guerre
1970
Terra amata
1967
Désert
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 246 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikos Kazantzakis, Fuzûlî, Robert Musil, John Milton, Saadi Shirazi, and Halldór Laxness. After him are Paula Hitler, Germaine de Staël, Valmiki, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Peter Handke, and Kālidāsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 13. Before him are Chuck Norris, Annie Ernaux, Michael Gambon, Constantine II of Greece, Ringo Starr, and Nursultan Nazarbayev. After him are Qaboos bin Said al Said, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Frank Zappa, Wangari Maathai, Gao Xingjian, and Muhammad Yunus.

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In France

Among people born in France, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 295 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Roger Vadim (1928), François Quesnay (1694), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), and Robert II of France (972). After him are Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Germaine de Staël (1766), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), and François Mauriac (1885).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 45. Before him are Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Pierre Corneille (1606), Prosper Mérimée (1803), and Frédéric Mistral (1830). After him are Germaine de Staël (1766), François Mauriac (1885), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Alphonse Daudet (1840), and Paul Valéry (1871).

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