WRITER

Lydie Salvayre

1948 - Today

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Lydie Salvayre (born Lydie Arjona in 1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lydie Salvayre has received more than 35,298 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lydie Salvayre is the 5,899th most popular writer (down from 5,444th in 2019), the 4,973rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,562nd in 2019) and the 631st most popular French Writer.

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  • 35k

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  • 51.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lydie Salvayre ranks 5,899 out of 7,302Before her are Anthony Shaffer, Thomas Berger, August Gailit, Gay Talese, Oscar Levertin, and Wilbert Awdry. After her are Henry Lincoln, Julia Donaldson, Anthony Powell, Leigh Hunt, Clare Hollingworth, and André Bjerke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Lydie Salvayre ranks 594Before her are Vítězslav Mácha, Lynsey de Paul, Vassilios Skouris, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Bonfoh Abass, and Rosemary Casals. After her are Julia Donaldson, Garrick Ohlsson, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Ted Lange, Edward Lachman, and John Gray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lydie Salvayre ranks 4,973 out of 6,770Before her are César Ruminski (1924), Ernest Schultz (1931), Elizabeth F. Neufeld (1928), Jean Lucas (1917), Paul Bontemps (1902), and Gilles Panizzi (1965). After her are Jacques Gamblin (1957), Charles Joseph Minard (1781), Philippe Montanier (1964), Célestin Delmer (1907), Guillaume Grandidier (1873), and Mickaël Landreau (1979).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Lydie Salvayre ranks 631Before her are Antoine Blondin (1922), Édouard Pailleron (1834), Léon Frapié (1863), André Chamson (1900), Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), and Patrick Rambaud (1946). After her are Samuel Benchetrit (1973), René Boylesve (1867), Philippe Delerm (1950), Claude Esteban (1935), Jean-Denis Bredin (1929), and François Nourissier (1927).