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Jean Giono

1895 - 1970

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Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Giono has received more than 252,704 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jean Giono is the 1,155th most popular writer (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 1,336th most popular biography from France (down from 1,236th in 2019) and the 170th most popular French Writer.

Jean Giono is most famous for his novel, The Man Who Planted Trees.

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  • 250k

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  • 59.88

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Giono ranks 1,155 out of 5,755Before him are Paul Scarron, Rosalía de Castro, Michel Tournier, Jean M. Auel, Robert Wilson, and Alfred Kubin. After him are Odoric of Pordenone, Danielle Steel, Judah Leon Abravanel, Claudius Aelianus, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Vladimir Korolenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jean Giono ranks 75Before him are Marcel Pagnol, Wilhelm Gustloff, B. H. Liddell Hart, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Lin Yutang, and Walter Dornberger. After him are Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Jack Dempsey, Shote Galica, Clara Haskil, Paul Muni, and Henry de Montherlant. Among people deceased in 1970, Jean Giono ranks 51Before him are E. M. Forster, Sonny Liston, Lev Kuleshov, B. H. Liddell Hart, Percy Spencer, and Barnett Newman. After him are Elsa Triolet, Maud Lewis, Pedro Cea, Erich Heckel, Leslie Groves, and Marie-Pierre Kœnig.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Giono ranks 1,336 out of 6,011Before him are Louis Vierne (1870), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Gustave Charpentier (1860), and Raymond Loewy (1893). After him are Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Georges Auric (1899), François Clouet (1510), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), and Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Giono ranks 170Before him are Joachim du Bellay (1522), Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), and Michel Tournier (1924). After him are Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Henri Murger (1822), and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711).