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Madame Roland

1754 - 1793

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Marie-Jeanne "Manon" Roland de la Platière (Paris, March 17, 1754 – Paris, November 8, 1793), born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer. Her letters and memoirs became famous for recording the state of mind that conditioned the events leading to the revolution. From a young age Roland was interested in philosophy and political theory and studied a broad range of writers and thinkers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame Roland has received more than 457,778 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Madame Roland is the 612th most popular writer (up from 826th in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from France (up from 979th in 2019) and the 105th most popular French Writer.

Madame Roland was a woman of the French Revolution who was executed for her involvement in the Revolution. She is most famous for her memoirs, which were published posthumously.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lettres autographes de Madame Roland addressées à Bancal-des-Issarts, membre de la Convention
1835
An Appeal To Impartial Posterity V1
2007

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Madame Roland ranks 612 out of 7,302. Before her are Hugo von Hofmannsthal, John Irving, Elisabeth of Wied, Columella, Alexander Herzen, and Stieg Larsson. After her are Ferenc Molnár, Anton Makarenko, Dietrich Eckart, Olga Tokarczuk, Bert Hellinger, and Louisa May Alcott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Madame Roland ranks 6. Before her are Louis XVI of France, Paul I of Russia, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Joseph Proust, and Seraphim of Sarov. After her are Jacques Pierre Brissot, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Georg Forster, Frederick I of Württemberg, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Among people deceased in 1793, Madame Roland ranks 11. Before her are Carlo Goldoni, Olympe de Gouges, Charlotte Corday, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, and Francesco Guardi. After her are Jacques Pierre Brissot, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Alexander Roslin, Charles Bonnet, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière.

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In France

Among people born in France, Madame Roland ranks 711 out of 6,770. Before her are Jacques Maritain (1882), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Rudolph of France (890), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), and David Guetta (1967). After her are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Robert Hossein (1927), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Pierre Boulez (1925), and Nadia Boulanger (1887).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Madame Roland ranks 105. Before her are Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Madame de La Fayette (1634), and Pierre Loti (1850). After her are Raymond Queneau (1903), Eugène Sue (1804), Frontinus (30), Marie de France (1101), Maurice Blanchot (1907), and Bernard Gui (1261).

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