1848 - 1907
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (US: , French: [ʃaʁl maʁi ʒɔʁʒ ɥismɑ̃s]; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (pronounced [ʒɔʁis kaʁl -], variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel À rebours (1884, published in English as Against the Grain or Against Nature). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joris-Karl Huysmans has received more than 507,116 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Joris-Karl Huysmans is the 457th most popular writer (down from 430th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from France (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Writer.
Joris-Karl Huysmans is most famous for his book A Rebours, which is also translated as Against the Grain. It was published in 1884 and is considered to be one of the first examples of the Decadent movement.
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Among writers, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 457 out of 5,794. Before him are Henri Barbusse, Sayyid Qutb, Lysias, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Louisa May Alcott, and Herta Müller. After him are Harold Pinter, Tulsidas, Wu Cheng'en, Thomas Paine, Statius, and J. M. G. Le Clézio.
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 451
1906 - 1966
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 452
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 453
1883 - 1945
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 454
1832 - 1888
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 455
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 456
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 457
1930 - 2008
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 458
1532 - 1623
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 459
1500 - 1582
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 460
1737 - 1809
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 461
40 - 96
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 462
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 463
Among people born in 1848, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 7. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Octave Mirbeau, Vilfredo Pareto, Gottlob Frege, Otto Lilienthal, and Gustave Caillebotte. After him are Otto of Bavaria, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Tōgō Heihachirō, Hugo de Vries, Wyatt Earp, and Arthur Balfour. Among people deceased in 1907, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 9. Before him are Sully Prudhomme, Klara Hitler, Oscar II of Sweden, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Hector Malot, and Henri Moissan. After him are Alfred Jarry, Asaph Hall, Giosuè Carducci, Marcellin Berthelot, Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar.
1848 - 1903
HPI: 86.84
Rank: 1
1848 - 1917
HPI: 83.53
Rank: 2
1848 - 1923
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 3
1848 - 1925
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 4
1848 - 1896
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 5
1848 - 1894
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 6
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 7
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 9
1848 - 1934
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 10
1848 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 11
1848 - 1929
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 12
1848 - 1930
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 13
1839 - 1907
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 3
1860 - 1907
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 4
1829 - 1907
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
1824 - 1907
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 6
1830 - 1907
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 7
1852 - 1907
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 8
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 9
1873 - 1907
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 10
1829 - 1907
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 11
1835 - 1907
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 12
1827 - 1907
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 13
1848 - 1907
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 14
1853 - 1907
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 525 out of 5,234. Before him are Henri Barbusse (1873), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), René Laennec (1781), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), and Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550). After him are Marcel Mauss (1872), Chilperic I (539), Rashi (1040), Genevieve (423), Antipope Clement VII (1342), and Marcel Marceau (1923).
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 519
1823 - 1889
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 520
1781 - 1826
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 521
1774 - 1862
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 522
1786 - 1868
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 523
1550 - 1588
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 524
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 525
1872 - 1950
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 526
539 - 584
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 527
1040 - 1105
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 528
423 - 502
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 529
1342 - 1394
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 530
1923 - 2007
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 531
Among writers born in France, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 81. Before him are Jacques Hébert (1757), André Maurois (1885), Alfred de Musset (1810), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and Henri Barbusse (1873). After him are J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Louis Aragon (1897), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Anaïs Nin (1903), Boris Vian (1920), and Jules Michelet (1798).
1757 - 1794
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 75
1885 - 1967
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 76
1810 - 1857
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 77
1636 - 1711
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 78
1688 - 1763
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 79
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 80
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 81
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 82
1897 - 1982
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 83
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 84
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 85
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 86
1798 - 1874
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 87