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 (French: [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 and as Against Nature). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joris-Karl Huysmans has received more than 639,640 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Joris-Karl Huysmans is the 441st most popular writer (up from 457th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from France (up from 524th in 2019) and the 75th 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 441 out of 5,755. Before him are Tennessee Williams, Patrick Modiano, Christopher Marlowe, Enid Blyton, Frantz Fanon, and Mika Waltari. After him are Comte de Lautréamont, Seneca the Elder, Ágota Kristóf, Gabriela Mistral, Qu Yuan, and Ève Curie.
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 435
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 436
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 437
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 438
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 439
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 440
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 441
1846 - 1870
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 442
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 443
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 444
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 445
343 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 446
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1848, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 6. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Octave Mirbeau, Vilfredo Pareto, Gottlob Frege, and Otto Lilienthal. After him are Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Gustave Caillebotte, Otto of Bavaria, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Hugo de Vries, and Tōgō Heihachirō. Among people deceased in 1907, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 9. Before him are Sully Prudhomme, Klara Hitler, Oscar II of Sweden, Henri Moissan, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, and Hector Malot. After him are Alfred Jarry, Robert I, Duke of Parma, Asaph Hall, Giosuè Carducci, Joseph Joachim, and Marcellin Berthelot.
1848 - 1903
HPI: 81.79
Rank: 1
1848 - 1917
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 2
1848 - 1923
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 3
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 4
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 5
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 6
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 7
1848 - 1894
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 8
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 9
1848 - 1922
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 10
1848 - 1935
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 11
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 12
1839 - 1907
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 3
1860 - 1907
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 4
1829 - 1907
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 5
1852 - 1907
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 6
1824 - 1907
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 7
1830 - 1907
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 8
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 9
1873 - 1907
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 10
1848 - 1907
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 11
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 12
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 13
1831 - 1907
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 14
1827 - 1907
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 514 out of 6,011. Before him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Patrick Modiano (1945), Philippe Pinel (1745), Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), Joseph de Maistre (1753), and Annie Girardot (1931). After him are Antoine of Navarre (1518), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Joseph Joffre (1852), Marcel Mauss (1872), Pauline Bonaparte (1780), and Maurice Utrillo (1883).
1676 - 1744
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 508
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 509
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 510
1550 - 1588
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 511
1753 - 1821
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 512
1931 - 2011
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 513
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 514
1518 - 1562
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 515
1753 - 1815
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 516
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 517
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 518
1780 - 1825
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 519
1883 - 1955
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 520
Among writers born in France, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 75. Before him are Hector Malot (1830), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Louis Aragon (1897), Louise de La Vallière (1644), and Patrick Modiano (1945). After him are Ève Curie (1904), Anaïs Nin (1903), William of Rubruck (1220), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), and René Guénon (1886).
1830 - 1907
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 69
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 70
1790 - 1869
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 71
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 72
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 73
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 74
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 75
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 76
1903 - 1977
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 77
1220 - 1293
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 78
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 79
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 80
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 81