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Julien Green

1900 - 1998

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Julien Green (originally "Julian Hartridge Green", 6 September 1900 – 13 August 1998) often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote mostly in French and only occasionally in English. Over a long and prolific career, he authored novels and essays, several plays, and a biography of Francis of Assisi, produced a four-volume autobiography, and for decades maintained a daily journal that he edited and published in nineteen volumes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julien Green has received more than 160,344 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Julien Green is the 889th most popular writer (up from 1,019th in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from France (up from 1,187th in 2019) and the 135th most popular French Writer.

Julien Green is a French-American writer who is most famous for his novels. He was born in Paris, France and moved to the United States when he was a child.

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julien Green ranks 889 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodoret, Fatema Mernissi, Marko Marulić, Jorge Semprún, Marilyn vos Savant, and Cormac McCarthy. After him are Silius Italicus, Kobayashi Issa, Hans Fallada, Tukaram, Ben Jonson, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Julien Green ranks 39. Before him are Pak Hon-yong, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Chiune Sugihara, Walther Wenck, Mahavatar Babaji, and Ragnar Granit. After him are Gladwyn Jebb, Anna Seghers, W. Edwards Deming, Thomas Wolfe, Howard H. Aiken, and Pedro Cea. Among people deceased in 1998, Julien Green ranks 22. Before him are Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, Falco, Frederick Reines, Tameo Ide, and Nizar Qabbani. After him are Vasily Arkhipov, Otto Kretschmer, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Linda McCartney, Alfred Schnittke, and George H. Hitchings.

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In France

Among people born in France, Julien Green ranks 1,010 out of 6,770. Before him are Pauline Viardot (1821), Leonard of Noblac (496), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Raymond Poulidor (1936), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), and Nicolas Chauvin (1790). After him are Louis II of Anjou (1377), Gérard Mourou (1944), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Eugène Scribe (1791), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), and Agnes of Poitou (1025).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Julien Green ranks 135. Before him are Charles Maurras (1868), Laura de Noves (1310), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jules Renard (1864), Philippe Ariès (1914), and Charles Nodier (1780). After him are Eugène Scribe (1791), Maurice Druon (1918), Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Pierre Larousse (1817), and Alexandra David-Néel (1868).

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