WRITER

Jean Rotrou

1609 - 1650

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Jean Rotrou (21 August 1609 – 28 June 1650) was a French poet and tragedian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Rotrou has received more than 23,105 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jean Rotrou is the 3,302nd most popular writer (up from 3,753rd in 2019), the 3,424th most popular biography from France (up from 3,587th in 2019) and the 431st most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le véritable Saint Genest
Drama
1954
La soeur
Drama texts, plays, Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries, Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries
1970
Théâtre choisi
1882
Venceslas
1769
Théatre choisi
1883
Oeuvres de Jean Rotrou
1820

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Rotrou ranks 3,302 out of 7,302. Before him are Victor Segalen, Lucius Varius Rufus, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Mikhail Kuzmin, and Mikayel Nalbandian. After him are Cecil Bødker, Angel Wagenstein, Abdullah Goran, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Salvador Espriu, and Bernard-Marie Koltès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Jean Rotrou ranks 18. Before him are Hanzade Sultan, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pierre-Paul Riquet, and Paul Fleming. After him are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Gerrard Winstanley, Robert Moray, and John Suckling. Among people deceased in 1650, Jean Rotrou ranks 12. Before him are Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Cristóvão Ferreira, Catalina de Erauso, and Hanzade Sultan. After him are Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, Manuel Cardoso, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, İbrahim Peçevi, and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Rotrou ranks 3,424 out of 6,770. Before him are Casimir Pierre Périer (1777), Jean Laplanche (1924), Sandrine Bonnaire (1967), Yvon Douis (1935), Gunnor (950), and E. D. Morel (1873). After him are Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), Alex Thépot (1906), Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Marguerite Durand (1864), Camille Guérin (1872), and Marcel Granet (1884).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Rotrou ranks 431. Before him are Maurice de Guérin (1810), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Bernard Maris (1946), Émile Faguet (1847), Victor Segalen (1878), and Charles Pinot Duclos (1704). After him are Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Isaac de Benserade (1613), Henry Becque (1837), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), Rutebeuf (1300), and Daniel Guérin (1904).

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