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Louis Paul Boon

1912 - 1979

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Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism. He was also a painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Paul Boon has received more than 85,758 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Louis Paul Boon is the 4,441st most popular writer (down from 3,835th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 481st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 49.18

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Paul Boon ranks 4,441 out of 7,302. Before him are Duncan Regehr, Jakob Balde, Sophie Kinsella, Jafar Jabbarly, Johann David Wyss, and Pierre Emmanuel. After him are Mervyn Peake, Hans Henny Jahnn, Alain de Botton, Rosemary Sutcliff, Quentin Crisp, and Arthur Ransome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Louis Paul Boon ranks 250. Before him are Maksim Tank, Niyazi, Rudi Fischer, Teuvo Aura, Paul Janes, and Phạm Hùng. After him are Enrique Fernández Viola, Pietro Palazzini, Maguba Syrtlanova, Ollie Johnston, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Iuliu Bodola. Among people deceased in 1979, Louis Paul Boon ranks 176. Before him are Waloddi Weibull, Igor Bondarevsky, Donny Hathaway, Gustav Winckler, John Diefenbaker, and Anatoly Kuznetsov. After him are Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Paul Paray, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, István Bibó, Walther Müller, and Pyotr Gavrilov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Louis Paul Boon ranks 576 out of 1,190. Before him are Camille Lemonnier (1844), Virginie Efira (1977), Henri Pousseur (1929), Victor Willems (1877), Jan Vertonghen (1987), and Gérard Leman (1851). After him are Gabrielle Petit (1893), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Hieronymus Cock (1518), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Petra De Sutter (1963), and Joos van Craesbeeck (1605).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Louis Paul Boon ranks 31. Before him are Jan Gruter (1560), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Felix Timmermans (1886), Simon Leys (1935), Georges Eekhoud (1854), and Camille Lemonnier (1844). After him are Félicien Marceau (1913), Willem Elsschot (1882), FM-2030 (1930), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Suzanne Lilar (1901), and Paul van Ostaijen (1896).

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