WRITER

Léo Malet

1909 - 1996

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Léo Malet (1909–1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léo Malet has received more than 53,030 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Léo Malet is the 3,512th most popular writer (down from 3,144th in 2019), the 3,560th most popular biography from France (down from 3,178th in 2019) and the 452nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léo Malet ranks 3,512 out of 7,302. Before him are Dennis Lehane, Gonzalo de Berceo, Martin Gray, Adrienne Rich, Theodor Körner, and Giuseppe Parini. After him are Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Emmanuel Bove, Alexey Troitsky, Henri Alleg, Ferdinand Brunetière, and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Léo Malet ranks 191. Before him are Sylvère Maes, Nikola Vaptsarov, Sattar Bahlulzade, Gordon Bunshaft, August Sabbe, and Fritz Buchloh. After him are Arthur Machado, Sybille Schmitz, Paco Bienzobas, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, and Piotr Jaroszewicz. Among people deceased in 1996, Léo Malet ranks 152. Before him are José Manuel Fuente, Inger Jacobsen, Danilo Alvim, Edmund Muskie, Teodoro Fernández, and Tarō Okamoto. After him are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Ryōtarō Shiba, Chen Jingrun, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Bernhard Klodt, and Reinhard Libuda.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léo Malet ranks 3,560 out of 6,770. Before him are François Francoeur (1698), Pierre Fatou (1878), Jean Delumeau (1923), Jehanne D'Alcy (1865), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), and Gérard Grisey (1946). After him are François de Troy (1645), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855), and Julien Clerc (1947).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léo Malet ranks 452. Before him are René Barjavel (1911), Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707), Frédéric Dard (1921), Alain Chartier (1392), Roger Vailland (1907), and Bonaventure des Périers (1510). After him are Emmanuel Bove (1898), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), Remigius of Auxerre (841), Anna Gavalda (1970), Robert Garnier (1534), and Louis Pergaud (1882).

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