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Jean Giraudoux

1882 - 1944

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Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (French: [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 184,012 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Jean Giraudoux is the 1,092nd most popular writer (down from 925th in 2019), the 1,273rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,035th in 2019) and the 161st 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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  • 180k

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  • 60.28

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Giraudoux ranks 1,092 out of 5,755. Before him are Vidyapati, Joost van den Vondel, Radegund, Henri Michaux, Allan Pinkerton, and Mimnermus. After him are Jan Neruda, Andrei Bely, Thomas Chatterton, Pierre Larousse, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, and Elizabeth Gaskell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jean Giraudoux ranks 58. Before him are Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aleksandra Ekster, Johnny Torrio, Wacław Sierpiński, John Bauer, and Petre Dumitrescu. After him are Yusef of Morocco, Pavel Florensky, Yakub Kolas, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Harold Lowe, and Husband E. Kimmel. Among people deceased in 1944, Jean Giraudoux ranks 62. Before him are Mohammed Alim Khan, George Stinney, Walter Nowotny, Otto von Below, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, and Vera Menchik. After him are Christian Wirth, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Günther Korten, Leo Baekeland, Harold Lowe, and Cécile Chaminade.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Giraudoux ranks 1,273 out of 6,011. Before him are Richard Avenarius (1843), Sigebert II (602), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Édouard Vuillard (1868), Vanessa Paradis (1972), and Stéphane Grappelli (1908). After him are Eugène Atget (1857), Aimé Bonpland (1773), André Michelin (1853), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Maurice Thorez (1900), and Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Giraudoux ranks 161. Before him are Sonia Rykiel (1930), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Adalberon (947), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and Heinrich Kramer (1430). After him are Pierre Larousse (1817), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559).

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