WRITER

Jean-Paul Dubois

1950 - Today

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Jean-Paul Dubois (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl dybwa]; born 1950 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French journalist and author. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2019 for Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon ("All Men Do Not Inhabit This World in the Same Way"), a novel told from the perspective of a prisoner looking back on life. The jury compared Dubois to John Irving and William Boyd, who wrote books that were both popular and critical successes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Paul Dubois has received more than 54,038 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jean-Paul Dubois is the 5,663rd most popular writer (down from 5,264th in 2019), the 4,833rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,450th in 2019) and the 618th most popular French Writer.

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  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Paul Dubois ranks 5,663 out of 7,302. Before him are Eoin Colfer, Yuri Samarin, Layamon, Alfred Capus, Michael Shermer, and Nikolay Rubtsov. After him are Jeanette Winterson, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Yakov Polonsky, Paul Arène, H. A. Rey, and Kevin Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jean-Paul Dubois ranks 475. Before him are José Ángel Gurría, Xu Qiliang, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Joseph Ruben, Lepo Sumera, and Radu Voina. After him are Mauri Kunnas, Mitsuru Komaeda, Han Berger, Larry Drake, Bernard Le Coq, and Tom Vilsack.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Paul Dubois ranks 4,833 out of 6,770. Before him are Olivier Gruner (1960), Sébastien Frey (1980), Alfred Capus (1858), Henri Helle (1873), Bruno Le Maire (1969), and Roger Dumas (1932). After him are Romain Saïss (1990), Paul Arène (1843), Djamel Belmadi (1976), Bérénice Marlohe (1979), Lucien Michard (1903), and René Bougnol (1911).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Paul Dubois ranks 618. Before him are Michiel de Swaen (1654), Olivier Rolin (1947), Pascal Lainé (1942), André Dhôtel (1900), Eugène Dabit (1898), and Alfred Capus (1858). After him are Paul Arène (1843), Anna Kavan (1901), Michel Deguy (1930), Florian Zeller (1979), Robert Sabatier (1923), and Marie NDiaye (1967).

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