WRITER

Jean Giraudoux

1882 - 1944

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Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (French: [ipɔlit ʒɑ̃ ʒiʁodu]; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Giraudoux has received more than 194,893 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jean Giraudoux is the 1,006th most popular writer (up from 1,090th in 2019), the 1,146th most popular biography from France (up from 1,269th in 2019) and the 151st most popular French Writer.

Jean Giraudoux is most famous for his play, "The Madwoman of Chaillot." He was a French playwright and novelist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.91

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  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Giraudoux ranks 1,006 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicolas Chamfort, Edith Wharton, Bertran de Born, Mori Ōgai, Joseph Murphy, and Ali Shariati. After him are Vladimir Bartol, Machado de Assis, Herodian, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, and Jussi Adler-Olsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jean Giraudoux ranks 53. Before him are Otto Neurath, Lluís Companys, Éamon de Valera, B. Traven, Yusef of Morocco, and Wacław Sierpiński. After him are Petre Dumitrescu, Pavel Florensky, Aleksandra Ekster, Yakub Kolas, John Bauer, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1944, Jean Giraudoux ranks 57. Before him are Otto von Below, Bronislav Kaminski, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim. After him are Walter Nowotny, Mohammed Alim Khan, George Stinney, Christian Wirth, Jean Tatlock, and Asmahan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Giraudoux ranks 1,146 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Bertran de Born (1140), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Louise of France (1737), Christophe Plantin (1520), and Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012). After him are Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Louis Jourdan (1921), Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), and Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Giraudoux ranks 151. Before him are Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean de Joinville (1224), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), and Bertran de Born (1140). After him are André Bazin (1918), Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Paulinus of Nola (354), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and Michel Tournier (1924).

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