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Léon Bloy

1846 - 1917

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Léon Bloy (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ blwa]; 11 July 1846 – 3 November 1917) was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, pamphleteer (or lampoonist), and satirist, known additionally for his eventual (and passionate) defense of Catholicism and for his influence within French Catholic circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Bloy has received more than 234,120 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Léon Bloy is the 1,171st most popular writer (down from 1,127th in 2019), the 1,353rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,251st in 2019) and the 172nd most popular French Writer.

Léon Bloy is most famous for his novel, "The Woman Who Was Poor," and his essay, "The Eternal Feminine."

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  • 230k

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  • 59.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léon Bloy ranks 1,171 out of 5,755. Before him are Marilyn vos Savant, Dylan Thomas, P. L. Travers, Jernej Kopitar, Alain-Fournier, and Theodor Storm. After him are Elsa Triolet, Sophia Tolstaya, Léon Werth, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, and Chinua Achebe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Léon Bloy ranks 23. Before him are Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Eusebi Güell, Vasily Dokuchaev, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Anna Dostoevskaya, and Karl von Bülow. After him are Mariam Baouardy, Alexander von Kluck, Edward Charles Pickering, Franz Mehring, Naim Frashëri, and Tokugawa Iemochi. Among people deceased in 1917, Léon Bloy ranks 25. Before him are Ranavalona III, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Dadabhai Naoroji, Liliʻuokalani, Jean Gaston Darboux, and Radomir Putnik. After him are Adolph Wagner, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Hugo Simberg, Maximilian von Prittwitz, and Gustav von Schmoller.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Bloy ranks 1,353 out of 6,011. Before him are Ansegisel (602), Alain-Fournier (1886), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Alain de Benoist (1943), and Antoine César Becquerel (1788). After him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), André de Montbard (1103), Louise de Marillac (1591), Léon Werth (1878), Jules Chéret (1836), and Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Léon Bloy ranks 172. Before him are Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Paul Scarron (1610), Michel Tournier (1924), Jean Giono (1895), and Alain-Fournier (1886). After him are Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Henri Murger (1822), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Paul Bourget (1852), and Roger Caillois (1913).

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