WRITER

Jean Raspail

1925 - 2020

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Jean Raspail (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁaspaj], 5 July 1925 – 13 June 2020) was a French explorer, novelist, and travel writer. Many of his books are about historical figures, exploration and indigenous peoples. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Prix du Roman and Grand Prix de littérature by the Académie française. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Raspail has received more than 311,800 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean Raspail is the 2,290th most popular writer (down from 2,256th in 2019), the 2,567th most popular biography from France (down from 2,488th in 2019) and the 324th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le jeu du roi
1976
Camp des saints
Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, general
316 p. ; 23 cm
1975
Le camp des saints
1973
Secouons le cocotier
Description and travel, Descriptions et voyages, Antilles
1966
Le président
1985
L' anneau du pécheur
1995

Page views of Jean Raspails by language

Over the past year Jean Raspail has had the most page views in the with 78,386 views, followed by English (42,450), and German (6,867). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (248.11%), Simple English (77.62%), and Finnish (56.50%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Raspail ranks 2,290 out of 7,302. Before him are Cao Yu, Ding Ling, William Steig, Bálint Balassi, José-Maria de Heredia, and Guillaume Thomas François Raynal. After him are José Zorrilla, Jaan Kaplinski, Karlheinz Deschner, George Adamski, Phylarchus, and Wieland Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jean Raspail ranks 143. Before him are Pavel Belyayev, Aldo Ciccolini, Art Pepper, René Moawad, Jean d'Ormesson, and Roger Hanin. After him are Solomon Perel, M. S. Swaminathan, François-Xavier Ortoli, Klaus Roth, Silvana Pampanini, and Giovanni Spadolini. Among people deceased in 2020, Jean Raspail ranks 155. Before him are Pentti Linkola, Frances E. Allen, Borys Paton, Edmund M. Clarke, Astrid Kirchherr, and Mesut Yılmaz. After him are Hans Tilkowski, Viktor Ponedelnik, Dyanne Thorne, Rocky Johnson, Myroslav Skoryk, and Jack Welch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Raspail ranks 2,567 out of 6,770. Before him are Simone Simon (1911), Alfred Loisy (1857), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), and Charles Vanel (1892). After him are Robert de Cotte (1656), Martine Aubry (1950), Jean-Loup Chrétien (1938), Abraham Bosse (1604), Léon Boëllmann (1862), and Charles Plumier (1646).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Raspail ranks 324. Before him are Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Georges Ohnet (1848), Édouard Drumont (1844), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Henri Desgrange (1865), and Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713). After him are Pascal Quignard (1948), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Marius Aventicensis (532), Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), and Paul Adam (1862).

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