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Jean de Meun

1240 - 1305

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Jean de Meun (or de Meung, French: [ʒɑ̃ də mœ̃]) (c. 1240 – c. 1305) was a French author best known for his continuation of the Roman de la Rose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean de Meun has received more than 73,691 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jean de Meun is the 1,545th most popular writer (up from 1,706th in 2019), the 1,773rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,878th in 2019) and the 222nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 74k

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  • 57.32

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean de Meun ranks 1,545 out of 5,755Before him are Wayne Dyer, Korney Chukovsky, Li Yu, Yeghishe Charents, Christy Brown, and Pío Baroja. After him are Petr Ginz, Gustav Landauer, Eduard Mörike, Petros Markaris, Madame d'Aulnoy, and Symeon the New Theologian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Jean de Meun ranks 17Before him are Emperor Duzong, Boetius of Dacia, Elizabeth the Cuman, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Konstantin Tih. After him are John I Doukas of Thessaly, Butigeidis, Daumantas of Pskov, Margaret of England, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, and Andronikos II of Trebizond. Among people deceased in 1305, Jean de Meun ranks 9Before him are Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, John IV Laskaris, Roger de Flor, Guy, Count of Flanders, Nicholas of Tolentino, and Moses de León. After him are Roger of Lauria, Maximus Planudes, Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, Emperor Kameyama, and John II, Duke of Brittany.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean de Meun ranks 1,773 out of 6,011Before him are Jacques Ellul (1912), Michelle of Valois (1395), Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848), Ravachol (1859), Jules Brunet (1838), and Maurice Herzog (1919). After him are Charles-André van Loo (1705), Louise Abbéma (1853), Eugène Tisserant (1884), Étienne Balibar (1942), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), and Michel Adanson (1727).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean de Meun ranks 222Before him are Raymond Roussel (1877), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Robert Desnos (1900), Anne Desclos (1907), and Anna de Noailles (1876). After him are Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Marcel Aymé (1902), Nicolas-Edme Rétif (1734), Alphonse Allais (1854), and Remy de Gourmont (1858).