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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 148,944 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Julien Green is the 1,021st most popular writer (down from 1,005th in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from France (down from 1,138th in 2019) and the 154th 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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  • 150k

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  • 60.82

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julien Green ranks 1,021 out of 5,755. Before him are Harry Mulisch, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Veronica Franco, James Hadley Chase, Iris Murdoch, and Bar Hebraeus. After him are Derek Walcott, Bernhard Schlink, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, Ľudovít Štúr, and Egill Skallagrímsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Julien Green ranks 48. Before him are Anna Seghers, Howard H. Aiken, Arno Breker, Yves Tanguy, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Raphael Lemkin. After him are Jean Negulesco, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Aaron Copland, Gladwyn Jebb, Maurice Thorez, and Sālote Tupou III. Among people deceased in 1998, Julien Green ranks 30. Before him are Bob Kane, George H. Hitchings, Galina Ulanova, Martha Gellhorn, Alan Hodgkin, and Conrad Schumann. After him are Lúcio Costa, Alan J. Pakula, David McClelland, André Weil, Otto Wichterle, and Linda McCartney.

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In France

Among people born in France, Julien Green ranks 1,191 out of 6,011. Before him are Charibert II (618), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Étienne Bézout (1730), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), and Charles, Duke of Berry (1686). After him are Gérard Genette (1930), Max Linder (1883), Pierre Bergé (1930), Étienne Cabet (1788), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), and Louis Jacques Thénard (1777).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Julien Green ranks 154. Before him are Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), Paulinus of Nola (354), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Johannes Tauler (1300), and Comtessa de Dia (1175). After him are Sonia Rykiel (1930), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Adalberon (947), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and Heinrich Kramer (1430).

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