WRITER

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 76,129 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean de Meun is the 1,622nd most popular writer (down from 1,542nd in 2019), the 1,891st most popular biography from France (down from 1,767th in 2019) and the 239th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The dodechedron of fortune; or, The exercise of a quick wit
Early works to 1800, Fortune-telling
1613
Das Gedicht von der Rose
1839
Le plaisant iev dv dodechedron de fortune, non moins recreatif, que subtil & ingenieux. Renouuellé & changé de sa premiere edition
Fortune-telling
1560

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean de Meun ranks 1,622 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Reverdy, Alice Walker, Adèle Hugo, Eupolis, Marquis de Custine, and Ibn al-Farid. After him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Adamantios Korais, Sebastian Haffner, Gore Vidal, Anonymus, and Oribasius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Jean de Meun ranks 17. Before him are Emperor Duzong, Pietro Cavallini, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Elizabeth the Cuman, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Konstantin Tih. After him are Andronikos II of Trebizond, Butigeidis, John I Doukas of Thessaly, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine, and Daumantas of Pskov. Among people deceased in 1305, Jean de Meun ranks 10. Before him are Roger de Flor, John IV Laskaris, Guy, Count of Flanders, Roger of Lauria, Nicholas of Tolentino, and Moses de León. After him are Emperor Kameyama, Maximus Planudes, Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, John II, Duke of Brittany, and Qian Xuan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean de Meun ranks 1,891 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Anelka (1979), Marquis de Custine (1790), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), and Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707). After him are François Périer (1919), Marcel Petiot (1897), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Charles-André van Loo (1705), Charles de Bourbon (1523), and Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean de Meun ranks 239. Before him are Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Robert Desnos (1900), Marie de Gournay (1565), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Adèle Hugo (1830), and Marquis de Custine (1790). After him are Alphonse Allais (1854), Jules Romains (1885), Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), and Marcel Schwob (1867).

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