WRITER

Marcel Aymé

1902 - 1967

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Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Aymé has received more than 117,261 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Marcel Aymé is the 1,428th most popular writer (up from 1,554th in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from France (up from 1,783rd in 2019) and the 204th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Travelingue
1941
Le passe-muraille
French Short stories
1943
La jument verte
French fiction
1933
Les contes du chat perché
Anecdotes, Animals, Cats
1934
La belle image
1941
La table-aux-crevés
1929

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcel Aymé ranks 1,428 out of 7,302. Before him are Jane Hawking, Chico Xavier, Else Lasker-Schüler, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Károly Kerényi, and Ihara Saikaku. After him are Karin Boye, Torben Ulrich, Rafael Alberti, Ivan Vazov, Branko Ćopić, and Miklós Zrínyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Marcel Aymé ranks 62. Before him are Josep Samitier, Léon M'ba, Gianpiero Combi, Carlo Levi, David O. Selznick, and Sylvanus Olympio. After him are George Gaylord Simpson, Rafael Alberti, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Kirill Moskalenko, Christian de Castries, and Takeichi Nishi. Among people deceased in 1967, Marcel Aymé ranks 66. Before him are Primo Carnera, G. W. Pabst, Julien Duvivier, Günther Blumentritt, Basil Rathbone, and Paul Muni. After him are Julius Schaub, Géza Lakatos, Carson McCullers, Walter A. Shewhart, Shukri al-Quwatli, and Langston Hughes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Aymé ranks 1,654 out of 6,770. Before him are Gilles de Roberval (1602), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Thibaud Gaudin (1229), Felix of Valois (1127), Jacques Dutronc (1943), and Émile Coué (1857). After him are Félix Savart (1791), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), William of Gellone (750), Jean Dujardin (1972), and Roger Etchegaray (1922).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marcel Aymé ranks 204. Before him are Jules de Goncourt (1830), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Philippe Soupault (1897), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), and Remy de Gourmont (1858). After him are Georges Feydeau (1862), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Tristan Corbière (1845), and Jacques Cazotte (1719).

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