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Louis Aragon

1897 - 1982

Louis Aragon

Louis Aragon (French: [lwi aʁaɡɔ̃] ; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review Littérature. He was also a novelist and editor, a long-time member of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Aragon has received more than 465,734 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Louis Aragon is the 426th most popular writer (up from 467th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from France (up from 537th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular French Writer.

Louis Aragon was a French poet, writer, and member of the French Communist Party. He is most famous for his poetry, which often deals with themes of love and death.

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470k
Page Views (PV)
67.47
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
61
Languages Editions (L)
6.03
Effective Languages (L*)
4.47
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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Aragon ranks 426 out of 5,755. Before him are George Eliot, Elena Ferrante, G. K. Chesterton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jami, and Phaedrus. After him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Bohumil Hrabal, Ennius, Louise de La Vallière, Constantine P. Cavafy, and Louisa May Alcott.

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George Eliot
1819 - 1880
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 420
Elena Ferrante
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 421
G. K. Chesterton
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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HPI: 67.54
Rank: 423
Jami
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
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Phaedrus
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HPI: 67.50
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Louis Aragon
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 426
Vladimir Vysotsky
1938 - 1980
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 427
Bohumil Hrabal
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 428
Ennius
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 429
Louise de La Vallière
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 430
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 431
Louisa May Alcott
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 432

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Aragon ranks 18. Before him are Paavo Nurmi, Georges Bataille, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Norbert Elias, Pola Negri, and Thích Quảng Đức. After him are Gordon Allport, Enid Blyton, Ferenc Szálasi, Kurt Schuschnigg, Frank Capra, and Soong Mei-ling. Among people deceased in 1982, Louis Aragon ranks 21. Before him are Vasily Chuikov, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jacques Tati, Glenn Gould, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, and Barack Obama Sr.. After him are Gala Dalí, Karl von Frisch, Hans Selye, Gilles Villeneuve, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Mikhail Suslov.

Others Born in 1897

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Paavo Nurmi
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 12
Georges Bataille
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 13
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 14
Norbert Elias
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
Pola Negri
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 16
Thích Quảng Đức
1897 - 1963
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 17
Louis Aragon
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 18
Gordon Allport
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 19
Enid Blyton
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 20
Ferenc Szálasi
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 21
Kurt Schuschnigg
1897 - 1977
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 22
Frank Capra
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
Soong Mei-ling
1897 - 2003
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 24