WRITER

Jean Paul

1763 - 1825

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Jean Paul (German: [ʒɑ̃ paʊl] ; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Paul has received more than 468,164 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jean Paul is the 525th most popular writer (down from 499th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 461st in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Writer.

Jean Paul is most famous for his novel "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" which was published in nine volumes from 1759 to 1767.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Réflexions sur la question juive
1946
Contacts
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1976
Les mains sales
1948
L'être et le néant
1943
Discovering French
Foreign Language Study
19934 / 5
Nausea (La nausée)
1938

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Paul ranks 525 out of 7,302. Before him are Elie Wiesel, Marie-Antoine Carême, Tennessee Williams, Premchand, Jostein Gaarder, and Harold Pinter. After him are Imadaddin Nasimi, Pierre de Ronsard, Kumārajīva, Richard Bach, José Martí, and Tyrtaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Jean Paul ranks 5. Before him are Empress Joséphine, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Józef Poniatowski, and Jacques Charles. After him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Chappe, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Augustin Robespierre, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, and Guillaume Brune. Among people deceased in 1825, Jean Paul ranks 9. Before him are Antonio Salieri, Henri de Saint-Simon, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Eli Whitney, and Pauline Bonaparte. After him are Henry Fuseli, Dmitry Bortniansky, Laskarina Bouboulina, Vivant Denon, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, and Mikhail Miloradovich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jean Paul ranks 492 out of 7,253. Before him are Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Emile Berliner (1851), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Otto Loewi (1873), and Sophia of Nassau (1836). After him are Hans Eysenck (1916), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Pope Victor II (1018), Fritz Todt (1891), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Jean Paul ranks 28. Before him are Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Karl May (1842), Einhard (770), Heinrich Mann (1871), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), and Traudl Junge (1920). After him are Patrick Süskind (1949), Klaus Mann (1906), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Erich Kästner (1899), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), and Dietrich Eckart (1868).

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