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Joseph Kessel

1898 - 1979

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Joseph Kessel (10 February 1898 – 23 July 1979), also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kessel has received more than 204,890 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kessel is the 2,038th most popular writer (down from 1,901st in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 110th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph Kessel ranks 2,038 out of 5,755. Before him are D. R. Bendre, Giovanni Botero, Benjamin Péret, Yoshida Kenkō, Mohamed Choukri, and James M. Cain. After him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Felice Romani, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Pir Sultan Abdal, Paul Adam, and Fujiwara no Teika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Joseph Kessel ranks 98. Before him are Gulzarilal Nanda, Jean Fautrier, Fyodor Kuznetsov, István Dobi, Michel de Ghelderode, and Lionel Robbins. After him are Alfred Schmidt, Shinichi Suzuki, Kang Sheng, Helen B. Taussig, Ferenc Plattkó, and Étienne Decroux. Among people deceased in 1979, Joseph Kessel ranks 78. Before him are Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Jean-Marie Villot, Nereo Rocco, Jayaprakash Narayan, Yvonne de Gaulle, and Barbara Hutton. After him are Darryl F. Zanuck, Larisa Shepitko, Carlo Abarth, Ahmad Zahir, Dolores Costello, and Victoria Ocampo.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Joseph Kessel ranks 114 out of 1,019. Before him are Gato Barbieri (1932), Héctor Rial (1928), Facundo Cabral (1937), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), and Héctor Yazalde (1946). After him are Diego Milito (1979), Juan Román Riquelme (1978), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Gabriela Sabatini (1970), Linda Cristal (1934), and Arturo Frondizi (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Joseph Kessel ranks 8. Before him are Ernesto Sabato (1911), Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914), Manuel Puig (1932), Silvina Ocampo (1903), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), and Alberto Manguel (1948). After him are Victoria Ocampo (1890), Juan Gelman (1930), María Elena Walsh (1930), Jorge Bucay (1949), María Kodama (1937), and Leopoldo Lugones (1874).

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