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Mathias Énard

1972 - Today

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Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathias Énard has received more than 112,223 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Mathias Énard is the 6,289th most popular writer (down from 5,262nd in 2019), the 5,221st most popular biography from France (down from 4,449th in 2019) and the 649th most popular French Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mathias Énard ranks 6,289 out of 7,302Before him are Polly Samson, Rami Saari, P. C. Cast, Susan Glaspell, Karel Schoeman, and Richard A. Knaak. After him are Naomi Mitchison, Sybille Bedford, Helen Hunt Jackson, Tim O'Brien, Abby Mann, and Paul Klebnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Mathias Énard ranks 357Before him are Devin Townsend, Erika Marozsán, Dave Williams, Jacinda Barrett, Gianmarco Pozzecco, and David Tua. After him are Andriy Husin, Gabriel Mann, Luis García, Vladimir Jurowski, Nikolaj Arcel, and Frode Estil.

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In France

Among people born in France, Mathias Énard ranks 5,221 out of 6,770Before him are Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (1958), Claude Piquemal (1939), Nicolas Pépé (1995), Jean-François Richet (1966), Ryad Boudebouz (1990), and Ibrahima Konaté (1999). After him are Vincent Collet (1963), Daniel Leclercq (1949), Anne Brochet (1966), Gwendal Peizerat (1972), Boris Diaw (1982), and Stéphane Sarrazin (1974).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Mathias Énard ranks 649Before him are Jean Rouaud (1952), Patrick Grainville (1947), Éric Vuillard (1968), Sylvain Tesson (1972), Olivier Weber (1958), and Philippe Méaille (1973). After him are Dominique Bona (1953), Christian Prudhomme (1960), Laurent Binet (1972), Anne-Marie Garat (1946), Gilles Leroy (1958), and Alexandre del Valle (1968).