WRITER

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 41,094 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac is the 1,965th most popular writer (up from 2,096th in 2019), the 2,223rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,350th in 2019) and the 275th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Oeuvres de J.-L. de Guez, sieur de Balzac
1854
Socrate chrestien
1652
Le prince
Kings and rulers, Accessible book, Rois et souverains
1631
Les premières lettres de Guez de Balzac, 1618-1627
1933
Les oevvres diverses dv sievr de Balzac
1659
Aristippe
Courts and courtiers
1658

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 1,965 out of 7,302. Before him are Sæmundr fróði, Pir Sultan Abdal, Pierre Klossowski, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Hincmar, and Robert Southey. After him are László Krasznahorkai, Miloš Crnjanski, Fan Zhongyan, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Péter Esterházy, and Theodorus Gaza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Martin Opitz, Francesco Barberini, François Duquesnoy, Senhime, and Luigi Rossi. After him are Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Justus Sustermans, Johann Liss, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Salomon de Bray, and Cornelis Schut. Among people deceased in 1654, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 11. Before him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Peter Claver, İslâm III Giray, and Samuel Scheidt. After him are Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Ole Worm, Matei Basarab, Athanasius III of Constantinople, and John Selden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 2,223 out of 6,770. Before him are Guy Ligier (1930), Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Dominique Pinon (1955), Géraud Duroc (1772), and Hincmar (806). After him are Jacques Copeau (1879), Peter Nolasco (1180), Louis Couperin (1626), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Gustave Kahn (1859), and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 275. Before him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Avitus of Vienne (450), Bernard Palissy (1510), Thomas Merton (1915), Pierre Klossowski (1905), and Hincmar (806). After him are Gustave Kahn (1859), Fred Vargas (1957), Christian Jacq (1947), Étienne Dolet (1509), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), and Elena Poniatowska (1932).

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