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Madeleine de Scudéry

1607 - 1701

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Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer. Her works also demonstrate such comprehensive knowledge of ancient history that it is suspected she had received instruction in Greek and Latin. In 1637, following the death of her uncle, Scudéry established herself in Paris with her brother, Georges de Scudéry, who became a playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madeleine de Scudéry has received more than 163,613 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Madeleine de Scudéry is the 1,068th most popular writer (down from 1,011th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from France (down from 1,142nd in 2019) and the 158th most popular French Writer.

Madeleine de Scudéry is most famous for her novel, "Clélie, or the adventures of a young girl in seventeenth-century France."

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Madeleine de Scudéry ranks 1,068 out of 5,755. Before her are Irwin Shaw, Branislav Nušić, Cormac McCarthy, Kazi Nazrul Islam, W. H. Auden, and Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus. After her are Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Marcel Pagnol, Sulpicius Severus, Mercè Rodoreda, Edith Wharton, and Egeria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Madeleine de Scudéry ranks 3. Before her are Michiel de Ruyter and John Harvard. After her are Jan Lievens, Anna Maria van Schurman, Zhu Yousong, Infante Carlos of Spain, Antoine Gombaud, Wenceslaus Hollar, Paul Gerhardt, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1701, Madeleine de Scudéry ranks 4. Before her are Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, James II of England, and William Kidd. After her are Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, and Stanislaus Papczyński.

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In France

Among people born in France, Madeleine de Scudéry ranks 1,241 out of 6,011. Before her are Jaufre Rudel (1125), André Masson (1896), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), André Antoine (1858), and Cléo de Mérode (1875). After her are Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), Marie Laurencin (1883), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and Clément Janequin (1485).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Madeleine de Scudéry ranks 158. Before her are Johannes Tauler (1300), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Julien Green (1900), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), and Adalberon (947). After her are Marcel Pagnol (1895), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Pierre Larousse (1817), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), and Joachim du Bellay (1522).

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