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, 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 24,460 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac is the 1,810th most popular writer (up from 1,994th in 2019), the 1,987th most popular biography from France (up from 2,084th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 1,810 out of 5,794. Before him are Pir Sultan Abdal, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Marcel Achard, Methodius of Olympus, Philippe Quinault, and Jean Bruller. After him are Horacio Quiroga, Harold Bloom, Theophylact of Ohrid, Corax of Syracuse, Vasily Shukshin, and Alciphron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Martin Opitz, Francesco Barberini, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, and Honoré II, Prince of Monaco. After him are Justus Sustermans, Vincent Voiture, Salomon de Bray, and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1654, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 11. Before him are Paulus Potter, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Samuel Scheidt, Peter Claver, and İslâm III Giray. After him are Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Ole Worm, and John Selden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 1,987 out of 5,234. Before him are Alix of France (1151), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Philippe Quinault (1635), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Maurice de Broglie (1875), and Jean Bruller (1902). After him are Jean Behra (1921), François Blondel (1618), Omar Sy (1978), Étienne Méhul (1763), Marguerite Long (1874), and François-Édouard Picot (1786).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ranks 262. Before him are Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Jean Raspail (1925), Marcel Achard (1899), Philippe Quinault (1635), and Jean Bruller (1902). After him are Yvan Goll (1891), Jean Chapelain (1595), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), François Coppée (1842), and François Pierre La Varenne (1618).

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