WRITER

Léon Werth

1878 - 1955

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Léon Werth (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ vɛʁt]; 17 February 1878 in Remiremont, Vosges – 13 December 1955 in Paris) was a French writer and art critic, a friend of Octave Mirbeau and a close friend and confidant of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Werth has received more than 169,995 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Werth is the 2,455th most popular writer (down from 1,172nd in 2019), the 2,711th most popular biography from France (down from 1,352nd in 2019) and the 345th most popular French Writer.

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  • 19

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  • 1.94

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léon Werth ranks 2,455 out of 7,302. Before him are Didymus Chalcenterus, Claude Farrère, Philostratus of Lemnos, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Predrag Matvejević. After him are Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Parthenius of Nicaea, Guan Hanqing, Gottschalk of Orbais, Winston Groom, and William Beckford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Léon Werth ranks 91. Before him are Tullio Serafin, Aino Kallas, Ulrich Graf, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Frank Jarvis, and Paul Hazard. After him are Ernest King, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Charles Joughin, Herbert Chapman, Georgios Kondylis, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Among people deceased in 1955, Léon Werth ranks 70. Before him are Cy Young, Louis Lachenal, Emma Jung, Antanas Merkys, Edward Kasner, and Robert W. Wood. After him are Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Arthur Tansley, Jim Corbett, and Jirō Minami.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Werth ranks 2,711 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Roger Piantoni (1931), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), and Paul Héroult (1863). After him are Clément Juglar (1819), Louis Delluc (1890), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), Sulpitius the Pious (576), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), and Guillaume Canet (1973).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léon Werth ranks 345. Before him are Dominique Lapierre (1931), Philippe de Mornay (1549), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Louise Colet (1810), Claude Farrère (1876), and Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670). After him are Ludovic Halévy (1834), Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), Valery Larbaud (1881), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Aimard (1818), and René Crevel (1900).

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