WRITER

Jules Romains

1885 - 1972

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Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jules Romains has received more than 139,286 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jules Romains is the 1,677th most popular writer (up from 1,716th in 2019), the 1,937th most popular biography from France (up from 1,942nd in 2019) and the 241st most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lucienne
1922
Knock
Criticism and interpretation
1920
Les copains
1922
Verdun
Campaigns, Fiction, Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916
1939
Les hommes de bonne volonté
1932
Les hommes de bonne volonté
1932

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jules Romains ranks 1,677 out of 7,302. Before him are Upton Sinclair, Martin Walser, Barbara Cartland, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Konstantin Paustovsky, and Basil Valentine. After him are Fredric Jameson, Albert Cohen, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Henri de Régnier, Otfried Preußler, and Jean-Jacques Ampère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jules Romains ranks 71. Before him are Alois Hudal, Sisavang Vong, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Khải Định, Egon Kisch, and Soemu Toyoda. After him are Viktor Schauberger, Agustín Barrios, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, John Edensor Littlewood, St John Philby, and Camille Chautemps. Among people deceased in 1972, Jules Romains ranks 62. Before him are Matvei Zakharov, Natalie Clifford Barney, Hugo Steinhaus, Chen Yi, Aspasia Manos, and Prescott Bush. After him are George Sanders, Edgar Snow, Clara Campoamor, Eugène Tisserant, Akim Tamiroff, and Ettore Bastico.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Romains ranks 1,937 out of 6,770. Before him are Ravachol (1859), Gaston Planté (1834), Jean Sorel (1934), François-Édouard Picot (1786), Chilperic of Aquitaine (600), and Nicolas Lancret (1690). After him are Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), Louis-François de Boufflers (1644), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Jules Brunet (1838), Henri de Régnier (1864), and Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jules Romains ranks 241. Before him are Marie de Gournay (1565), Pierre Reverdy (1889), Adèle Hugo (1830), Marquis de Custine (1790), Jean de Meun (1240), and Alphonse Allais (1854). After him are Henri de Régnier (1864), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Marcel Schwob (1867), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), and Jean Bodel (1165).

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