WRITER

Jean-Philippe Toussaint

1957 - Today

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Jean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel Fuir (Running Away), the second volume of the « Cycle of Marie », a four-tome chronicle published over ten years and displaying the separation of Marie and her lover. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Philippe Toussaint has received more than 67,305 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Philippe Toussaint is the 5,484th most popular writer (down from 4,521st in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 559th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 67k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La Television
1999
Fuir
Europeans, Fiction
2005
Television
Television broadcasting, Television, Translations into English
2004
L' appareil-photo
1988
Salle de bain
1990
Monsieur
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 5,484 out of 7,302. Before him are Henryk Rzewuski, Carlo Porta, Elizabeth Montagu, Carl Amery, Julia Navarro, and Edward Rutherfurd. After him are José Santos Chocano, René de Obaldia, Iryna Vilde, Bruno Heller, Boris Lavrenyov, and Gabriele Kuby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 344. Before him are Lisa Blount, Andrei Kolkoutine, Dmitry Nazarov, Márta Sebestyén, Yoshinori Ishigami, and Pietro Paolo Virdis. After him are Denise Crosby, Andrew Cuomo, Luis Antonio Tagle, Maxi Jazz, Mark Eaton, and Nino D'Angelo.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 704 out of 1,190. Before him are Félix Welkenhuysen (1908), Jacques Swaters (1926), Willy Planckaert (1944), Gunter Pauli (1956), Jan van Beers (1821), and Jacques Beurlet (1944). After him are Louis Hennepin (1626), Henry Spira (1927), Hadja Lahbib (1970), Joseph De Combe (1901), Wout van Aert (1994), and Jean Claessens (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 44. Before him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), François Weyergans (1941), Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Jan Frans Willems (1793), and Jan van Beers (1821). After him are Herman Teirlinck (1879), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), Axel Merckx (1972), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Roger Foulon (1923), and Tom Lanoye (1958).

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