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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 400,407 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). J. M. G. Le Clézio is the 393rd most popular writer (up from 463rd in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from France (up from 533rd in 2019) and the 70th 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".

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 89

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 393 out of 5,755. Before him are Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, Hector Malot, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Apollonius of Rhodes. After him are Sergei Yesenin, Cornelius Nepos, Pietro Aretino, Sylvia Plath, Paula Hitler, and Edward Said.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 29. Before him are Gao Xingjian, Pina Bausch, Zodiac Killer, Giorgio Moroder, Abbas Kiarostami, and Brian De Palma. After him are Patrick Stewart, Michel Temer, John Hurt, Kip Thorne, Joseph Brodsky, and Terry Gilliam.

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In France

Among people born in France, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 461 out of 6,011. Before him are William Wyler (1902), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Hector Malot (1830), Robert Campin (1375), Adolphe Adam (1803), and Louis, Dauphin of France (1729). After him are Roger Vadim (1928), François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Paul Bocuse (1926), Camille Desmoulins (1760), and Gabriel Marcel (1889).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 70. Before him are Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Théophile Gautier (1811), Auguste Escoffier (1847), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), André Maurois (1885), and Hector Malot (1830). After him are Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Louis Aragon (1897), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Patrick Modiano (1945), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), and Ève Curie (1904).

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