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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

1597 - 1654

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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654) was a French author in Baroque Précieuses style, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac has received more than 39,297 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac is the 2,103rd most popular writer (down from 1,808th in 2019), the 2,358th most popular biography from France (down from 1,984th in 2019) and the 300th most popular French Writer.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 2,103 out of 5,755. Before him are Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Vasyl Stus, Nihal Atsız, Fritz Leiber, Nguyễn Du, and Samuil Marshak. After him are Ludwig Uhland, Sven Nordqvist, Rahul Sankrityayan, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, and Hamdallah Mustawfi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 9. Before him are Francesco Barberini, Martin Opitz, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Luigi Rossi, and François Duquesnoy. After him are Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, John Francis Regis, Salomon de Bray, Justus Sustermans, Vincent Voiture, and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1654, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 13. Before him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Peter Claver, Samuel Scheidt, İslâm III Giray, Jacques Lemercier, and Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. After him are Ole Worm, Matei Basarab, and John Selden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 2,358 out of 6,011. Before him are Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1191), Peter John Olivi (1248), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Germain Pilon (1525), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), and Marina Ginestà (1919). After him are Conon de Béthune (1150), Paul Pogba (1993), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), Michel Petrucciani (1962), and Joseph-Marie Vien (1716).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 300. Before him are Auguste Maquet (1813), Bernard Palissy (1510), Nicholas Rémy (1530), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Georges Ohnet (1848), and Matthieu Ricard (1946). After him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean Paulhan (1884), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Elena Poniatowska (1932), and Eugène Marin Labiche (1815).

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