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Jean Lorrain

1855 - 1906

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Jean Lorrain (9 August 1855 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime – 30 June 1906), born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school. Lorrain was a dedicated disciple of dandyism and spent much of his time amongst the fashionable artistic circles in France, particularly in the cafés and bars of Montmartre.He contributed to the satirical weekly Le Courrier français, and wrote a number of collections of verse, including La forêt bleue (1883) and L'ombre ardente, (1897). He is also remembered for his Decadent novels and short stories, such as Monsieur de Phocas (1901), Monsieur de Bougrelon (1897), and Histoires des masques (1900), as well as for one of his best stories, Sonyeuse, which he linked to portraits exhibited by Antonio de La Gándara in 1893. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Lorrain has received more than 99,045 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jean Lorrain is the 2,747th most popular writer (down from 2,539th in 2019), the 2,995th most popular biography from France (down from 2,742nd in 2019) and the 378th most popular French Writer.

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  • 99k

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  • 53.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Les violences scolaires
Violence dans les écoles
2001
Lettres inédites à Gabriel Mourey et à quelques autres (1888-1905)
Correspondence, Authors, French -- 19th century -- Correspondence., Manuscripts, French -- Facsimiles.
1987
Le sang des dieux
1920
Monsieur de Phocas
Fiction, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
1929
Sensations et souvenirs
1895
Loreley
Femmes fatales in literature
1897

Page views of Jean Lorrains by language

Over the past year Jean Lorrain has had the most page views in the with 14,223 views, followed by English (10,859), and Spanish (2,898). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (103.33%), Esperanto (91.41%), and Latin (72.39%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Lorrain ranks 2,747 out of 7,302. Before him are Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Pierre Benoit, Shūji Terayama, Lu Ji, Borislav Pekić, and Jan Luyken. After him are Josef Škvorecký, Franz Overbeck, Sogyal Rinpoche, Zeb-un-Nissa, Michele Ruggieri, and Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Jean Lorrain ranks 50. Before him are Giovanni Pascoli, Albert F. Mummery, James S. Sherman, David Bruce, Hermes da Fonseca, and Paul Émile Appell. After him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Princess Marie of Prussia, Marie Corelli, Emil Paur, Julius Röntgen, and Rodolphe Lindt. Among people deceased in 1906, Jean Lorrain ranks 35. Before him are Dame Gruev, Princess Louise of Denmark, Giuseppe Giacosa, Kodama Gentarō, Vladimir Stasov, and Béhanzin. After him are Jean Cabanis, Carlos Pellegrini, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Alfred Stevens, Étienne Carjat, and Carl Schurz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Lorrain ranks 2,995 out of 6,770. Before him are William IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Charles Nungesser (1892), Pierre Benoit (1886), François-Hubert Drouais (1727), and Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861). After him are Claude François de Malet (1754), Paul de Senneville (1933), Duchess Sabine of Württemberg (1549), Jacques Georges (1916), Pierre Daniel Huet (1630), and Louis Rosier (1905).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Lorrain ranks 378. Before him are Champfleury (1821), André Salmon (1881), Marie Marvingt (1875), Francis Ponge (1899), Albert Robida (1848), and Pierre Benoit (1886). After him are Pierre Grimal (1912), Guiraut Riquier (1230), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Léon Daudet (1867), Jean Richepin (1849), and Armand Salacrou (1899).

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