WRITER

Louis Pergaud

1882 - 1915

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Louis Pergaud (French pronunciation: [lwi pɛʁɡo]; 22 January 1882 – 8 April 1915) was a French novelist, war poet, and soldier, whose principal works were known as "Animal Stories" due to his featuring animals of the Franche-Comté in lead roles. His most notable work was the novel La Guerre des boutons (1912) (English: The War of the Buttons). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Pergaud has received more than 41,135 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Louis Pergaud is the 3,578th most popular writer (down from 3,353rd in 2019), the 3,617th most popular biography from France (down from 3,312th in 2019) and the 458th most popular French Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Pergaud ranks 3,578 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergio Ramírez, Zsigmond Móricz, Graham Hancock, Krišjānis Barons, Richard Curtis, and Emma Lazarus. After him are Antonio Palomino, Ćamil Sijarić, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Yusuf Idris, Xanthus, and Leonhard Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Louis Pergaud ranks 154. Before him are Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Auguste Herbin, Pascual Orozco, Henri Anspach, Ernst Weiss, and Robert Kerr. After him are Simon Vratsian, Leonhard Frank, Joseph Marx, James Somerville, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Oldřich Duras. Among people deceased in 1915, Louis Pergaud ranks 73. Before him are Emil Rathenau, Morgan Robertson, Stojan Novaković, Fanny Crosby, Booker T. Washington, and Pascual Orozco. After him are Daniel Giraud Elliot, Tevfik Fikret, Luigi Capuana, Rupert Brooke, Siamanto, and Karl Staaff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Pergaud ranks 3,617 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Boyer (1901), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Josiane Balasko (1950), Maxime Bossis (1955), Honoré Charles Reille (1775), and Alfred Perot (1863). After him are Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (1753), David Belle (1973), Viviane Romance (1912), Germaine Tillion (1907), Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920), and Jean Martinon (1910).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Louis Pergaud ranks 458. Before him are Léo Malet (1909), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), Remigius of Auxerre (841), Anna Gavalda (1970), and Robert Garnier (1534). After him are Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920), Marcel Prévost (1862), Marc Levy (1961), Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599), Nicholas Rémy (1530), and François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588).

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