WRITER

Marcel Achard

1899 - 1974

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Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Achard has received more than 79,496 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Marcel Achard is the 1,561st most popular writer (up from 2,148th in 2019), the 1,812th most popular biography from France (up from 2,390th in 2019) and the 227th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jean de la Lune
1929
Patate
1957
Domino
1932
Turlututu
1963
Histoires d'amour
1959
La belle marinière
1930

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcel Achard ranks 1,561 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine de Montchrestien, Ben Shapiro, Wen Tianxiang, Liu Cixin, Michael Moorcock, and Jeffery Deaver. After him are William Heinesen, Konstantin Simonov, Anna de Noailles, Philippe de Commines, Hugh Lofting, and Robert Brasillach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Marcel Achard ranks 72. Before him are Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Aksel Sandemose, Yaakov Dori, Erwin Bowien, Adam Rainer, and Emma Morano. After him are Raoul Salan, Artur da Costa e Silva, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Hayato Ikeda, and Irving Thalberg. Among people deceased in 1974, Marcel Achard ranks 49. Before him are Frank Martin, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Salvador Puig Antich, René Spitz, Gino Cervi, and Agnes Moorehead. After him are Pietro Germi, André Jolivet, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Everaldo, Anatole Litvak, and Pavel Bermondt-Avalov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Achard ranks 1,812 out of 6,770. Before him are Richeza of Lotharingia (995), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Henri Grégoire (1750), and Étienne Balibar (1942). After him are Christiane Martel (1936), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), Henri de Lubac (1896), Émile Picard (1856), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), and Jean-Antoine Marbot (1754).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marcel Achard ranks 227. Before him are Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Anne Desclos (1907), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Raymond Roussel (1877), and Antoine de Montchrestien (1575). After him are Anna de Noailles (1876), Philippe de Commines (1447), Robert Brasillach (1909), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Jean Chapelain (1595), and Charles Paul de Kock (1793).

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