1867 - 1905
Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob (23 August 1867 – 26 February 1905), was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño and Patricio Pron. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism". In addition to over a hundred short stories, he wrote journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Schwob has received more than 122,790 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Marcel Schwob is the 1,759th most popular writer (down from 1,736th in 2019), the 1,981st most popular biography from France (down from 1,906th in 2019) and the 248th most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Marcel Schwob ranks 1,759 out of 5,755. Before him are Gregory Tsamblak, Tonino Guerra, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Patricia Cornwell, Thomas Wyatt, and Raymond E. Feist. After him are Edmond Hamilton, Josep Pla, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Stanisław Wyspiański, Christian Jacq, and Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal.
1365 - 1420
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,753
1920 - 2012
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,754
1920 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,755
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,756
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,757
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,758
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,759
1904 - 1977
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,760
1897 - 1981
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,761
1928 - 2010
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,762
1869 - 1907
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,763
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,764
1238 - 1308
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,765
Among people born in 1867, Marcel Schwob ranks 52. Before him are Charles Koechlin, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Jeanne Lanvin, Masaoka Shiki, Henry L. Stimson, and Mikhail Eisenstein. After him are Elvira Madigan, Sundance Kid, Hiranuma Kiichirō, Sister Nivedita, Henri Gouraud, and Carl Laemmle. Among people deceased in 1905, Marcel Schwob ranks 27. Before him are Hudson Taylor, Ivan Sechenov, Alphonse Allais, Oswald Achenbach, Albert von Kölliker, and Adolf Bastian. After him are Infanta Amalia of Spain, Anton Ažbe, George MacDonald, Carmine Crocco, Lew Wallace, and Tippu Tip.
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 46
1867 - 1952
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 47
1867 - 1946
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 48
1867 - 1902
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 49
1867 - 1950
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 50
1867 - 1920
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 51
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 52
1867 - 1889
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 53
1867 - 1908
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 54
1867 - 1952
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 55
1867 - 1911
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 56
1867 - 1946
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 57
1867 - 1939
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 58
1832 - 1905
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 21
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 22
1854 - 1905
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 23
1827 - 1905
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 24
1817 - 1905
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
1826 - 1905
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 26
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 27
1834 - 1905
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 28
1862 - 1905
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 29
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 30
1830 - 1905
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 31
1827 - 1905
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 32
1837 - 1905
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 33
Among people born in France, Marcel Schwob ranks 1,981 out of 6,011. Before him are Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), Édouard Séguin (1812), and Pierre de Castelnau (1170). After him are Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Brigitte Fossey (1946), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), Christian Jacq (1947), and Alain Cuny (1908).
1712 - 1759
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,975
1937 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,976
1155 - 1219
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,977
1712 - 1759
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,978
1812 - 1880
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,979
1170 - 1208
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,980
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,981
1366 - 1421
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,982
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,983
1907 - 1968
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,984
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,985
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,986
1908 - 1994
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,987
Among writers born in France, Marcel Schwob ranks 248. Before him are François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Jules Romains (1885), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Pierre Plantard (1920), and Pierre Reverdy (1889). After him are Christian Jacq (1947), Thomas Merton (1915), Théodore de Banville (1823), Joseph Joubert (1754), Prosper of Aquitaine (390), and Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746).
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 242
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 243
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 244
1764 - 1822
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 245
1920 - 2000
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 246
1889 - 1960
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 247
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 248
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 249
1915 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 250
1823 - 1891
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 251
1754 - 1824
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 252
390 - 463
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 253
1746 - 1830
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 254