WRITER

Jean-Claude Izzo

1945 - 2000

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Jean-Claude Izzo (20 June 1945 – 26 January 2000) was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels Total Chaos, Chourmo, and Solea (widely known as the Marseilles Trilogy), featuring as protagonist ex-cop Fabio Montale, and set in the author's native city of Marseille. All have been translated into English by Howard Curtis. Jean-Claude Izzo was born on 20 June 1945 in Marseille, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Claude Izzo has received more than 77,728 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Claude Izzo is the 3,360th most popular writer, the 3,453rd most popular biography from France and the 435th most popular French Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 3,360 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernardo Guimarães, Carmen Laforet, Rhianus, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Al-A'sha, and Rose Wilder Lane. After him are Gunnar Heiberg, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hồ Xuân Hương, Vera Brittain, Cristina Peri Rossi, and Anar Rzayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 285. Before him are Adrienne Barbeau, Prawit Wongsuwon, Zdeňka Vávrová, Jim Davis, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Leif G. W. Persson. After him are Terence Davies, Tom Segev, Doug Clifford, Sandro de América, Jean Ragnotti, and Lydia Shum. Among people deceased in 2000, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 143. Before him are Jean Carzou, Antti Hyvärinen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., W. D. Hamilton, Abraham Pais, and Basil Bernstein. After him are Nicholas Clay, Julie London, John Tukey, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Ioannis Mitropoulos, and Frédéric Dard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 3,453 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Le Fauconnier (1881), Georges Marchal (1920), Rosa Vercellana (1833), Bernard Lama (1963), Albéric Magnard (1865), and Maurizio Galbaio (800). After him are Michel Onfray (1959), Anne Vernon (1924), Marcel Bozzuffi (1928), Willy Sagnol (1977), Rutebeuf (1300), and Loyset Compère (1440).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Claude Izzo ranks 435. Before him are Victor Segalen (1878), Charles Pinot Duclos (1704), Jean Rotrou (1609), Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Isaac de Benserade (1613), and Henry Becque (1837). After him are Rutebeuf (1300), Daniel Guérin (1904), Robert de Clari (1170), Jean Effel (1908), Alexis Piron (1689), and Octave Feuillet (1821).

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