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Jean Cayrol

1911 - 2005

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Jean Cayrol (French: [kɛʁɔl]; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Cayrol has received more than 47,433 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Cayrol is the 4,554th most popular writer, the 4,051st most popular biography from France and the 528th most popular French Writer.

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  • 47k

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  • 46.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Cayrol ranks 4,554 out of 5,755. Before him are Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Elizabeth Bowen, Karl Leberecht Immermann, Jacky Liew, and Levon Shant. After him are Miklós Jósika, René Maran, C. A. Rosetti, Tatyana Tolstaya, Arthur Golden, and Johann Gottfried Seume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jean Cayrol ranks 234. Before him are Giuseppe Olmo, Mario Perazzolo, Jo Jones, Nikolai Baibakov, Enric Valor i Vives, and István Bibó. After him are Roger Lapébie, Leen Vente, Romeu Pellicciari, Alfred Manessier, István Énekes, and Katherine DeMille. Among people deceased in 2005, Jean Cayrol ranks 216. Before him are Colette Besson, Eugenia Charles, Jack Colvin, Fabrizio Meoni, Joe Ranft, and Johnny Haynes. After him are Eugene McCarthy, Julián Marías, Brock Peters, Karen Lancaume, Pierre Daninos, and Vladimir Toporov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Cayrol ranks 4,051 out of 6,011. Before him are Henri Masson (1872), Adalbero of Reims (null), Michel Leblond (1932), Daniel Marot (1661), Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), and Sylvain Lévi (1863). After him are Roger Lapébie (1911), André Comte-Sponville (1952), Elizabeth Debicki (1990), Émile Oustalet (1844), Jean-Marie Poiré (1945), and Michel Déon (1919).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Cayrol ranks 528. Before him are Florence Delay (1941), Émile Souvestre (1806), Philippe Claudel (1962), Paul Louis Courier (1772), Virginie Despentes (1969), and Jacques Roubaud (1932). After him are Michel Déon (1919), Pierre Daninos (1913), Régine Deforges (1935), George du Maurier (1834), Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719), and Albert Londres (1884).

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