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Léon Damas

1912 - 1978

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Léon-Gontran Damas (March 28, 1912 – January 22, 1978) was a French poet and politician. He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Damas has received more than 102,942 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Léon Damas is the 4,254th most popular writer (down from 3,814th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from French Guiana and the most popular Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léon Damas ranks 4,254 out of 5,755. Before her are Robert Kerr, Rod Serling, Mikhail Kheraskov, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Igor Severyanin. After her are Mervyn Peake, Otar Chiladze, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, John D. MacDonald, Dmitry Gulia, and Joachim Heinrich Campe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Léon Damas ranks 232. Before her are Walter J. Ong, Enrique Fernández Viola, Manuel Rosas, Paul Janes, Ellen Preis, and Renato Rascel. After her are Laurean Rugambwa, Iuliu Bodola, Tadashi Imai, Michael Wilding, Givi Javakhishvili, and Viviane Romance. Among people deceased in 1978, Léon Damas ranks 157. Before her are Gene Tunney, Georges Speicher, Philip K. Hitti, Artem Alikhanian, Abdylas Maldybaev, and Jānis Daliņš. After her are Carlos Torre Repetto, Jorge Cafrune, O. E. Hasse, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Ali Soilih, and Giuseppe Impastato.

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In French Guiana

Among people born in French Guiana, Léon Damas ranks 4 out of 15. Before her are Henri Salvador (1917), Christiane Taubira (1952), and Florent Malouda (1980). After her are Raoul Diagne (1910), Mike Maignan (1995), Jean-Clair Todibo (1999), Claude Dambury (1971), Kevin Séraphin (1989), Cyrille Regis (1958), Odsonne Édouard (1998), and Ulrich Robeiri (1982).

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Among WRITERS In French Guiana

Among writers born in French Guiana, Léon Damas ranks 1. 

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