WRITER

Maurice Druon

1918 - 2009

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Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Druon has received more than 252,946 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Druon is the 905th most popular writer (down from 770th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from France (down from 909th in 2019) and the 137th most popular French Writer.

Maurice Druon is most famous for his work as a French novelist and historian. He is best known for his series of novels collectively called Les Rois Maudits, which were published between 1955 and 1977.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Louve de France
1960
Le lis et le lion
1961
Les rois maudits
1955
La chute des corps
1950
Les mémoires de Zeus
1900
Rendez-vous aux enfers
1951

Page views of Maurice Druons by language

Over the past year Maurice Druon has had the most page views in the with 117,224 views, followed by Russian (48,132), and English (25,759). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (221.88%), Chuvash (165.82%), and Haitian (101.58%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Druon ranks 905 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolai Ostrovsky, Appius Claudius Caecus, Shoko Asahara, Sherwood Anderson, Etty Hillesum, and Bruce Chatwin. After him are Wole Soyinka, Stefan George, Branislav Nušić, Abraham Abulafia, Gnaeus Naevius, and N. F. S. Grundtvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Maurice Druon ranks 37. Before him are Frederick Reines, Yigal Allon, Ahmed Deedat, Bertram Brockhouse, Arthur Kornberg, and James Tobin. After him are Jerome Karle, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Julian Schwinger, Hans Scholl, and Patricio Aylwin. Among people deceased in 2009, Maurice Druon ranks 28. Before him are Ted Kennedy, Vivian Maier, Vitaly Ginzburg, Ralf Dahrendorf, Bobby Robson, and Jean Dausset. After him are Jack Kemp, Robert F. Furchgott, Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Jennifer Jones, and Leszek Kołakowski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Druon ranks 1,024 out of 6,770. Before him are Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Louis Malle (1932), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), Lili Boulanger (1893), Jean Dausset (1916), and René Cassin (1887). After him are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669), Samy Naceri (1961), Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), and Hugh of Italy (880).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Druon ranks 137. Before him are Juliette Récamier (1777), Jules Renard (1864), Philippe Ariès (1914), Charles Nodier (1780), Julien Green (1900), and Eugène Scribe (1791). After him are Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Pierre Larousse (1817), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Johannes Tauler (1300), and George Steiner (1929).

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