WRITER

Maurice Genevoix

1890 - 1980

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Maurice Genevoix (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ʒǝnvwa, moʁ-]; 29 November 1890 – 8 September 1980) was a French author and WW1 veteran who is best known for his book, Ceux de 14. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Genevoix has received more than 73,345 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Maurice Genevoix is the 4,081st most popular writer (down from 3,549th in 2019), the 3,948th most popular biography from France (down from 3,455th in 2019) and the 504th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sous Verdun, août-octobre, 1914
Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1914, Accessible book
1916
Raboliot
1925
Ceux de 14
World War, 1914-1918, Fiction
1950
La boîte à pêche
Fishing, Produits de la pêche
1926
La dernière harde
Deer, Fiction, Legends and stories
1965
Bestiaire enchanté
Anecdotes, Animals, Animals, Legends and stories of
1969

Page views of Maurice Genevoixes by language

Over the past year Maurice Genevoix has had the most page views in the with 71,545 views, followed by English (6,691), and Russian (2,612). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (133.51%), Haitian (81.44%), and Piedmontese (56.72%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Genevoix ranks 4,081 out of 7,302. Before him are Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Apollon Maykov, Hervé Guibert, and Ryhor Baradulin. After him are Lina Sandell, Alexander Kazbegi, Ana Maria Machado, Karel Píč, Arkady Averchenko, and İbrahim Şinasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Maurice Genevoix ranks 155. Before him are Katherine Anne Porter, Moa Martinson, Arthur Holmes, George Horine, Tibor Szamuely, and Henri Decoin. After him are Heinrich Zimmer, Ernst Deutsch, Jan de Vries, Willie Applegarth, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, and Alice Joyce. Among people deceased in 1980, Maurice Genevoix ranks 180. Before him are Katherine Anne Porter, Aleksander Ford, Andrija Anković, Juan García Oliver, Harri Larva, and Graham Sutherland. After him are Ragnar Gustavsson, Lado Gudiashvili, Jijé, Victor Sen Yung, Peppino De Filippo, and Jacob Talmon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Genevoix ranks 3,948 out of 6,770. Before him are François Perrier (1833), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Hervé Guibert (1955), Dominique Blanc (1956), Kingsley Coman (1996), and Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939). After him are Grégory Coupet (1972), Benjamin Pavard (1996), Petrus Borel (1809), Jean de Brunhoff (1899), Raymond Bernard (1891), and Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Genevoix ranks 504. Before him are Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), André Schwarz-Bart (1928), Claude Aveline (1901), Michel Carré (1821), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), and Hervé Guibert (1955). After him are Petrus Borel (1809), Jean de Brunhoff (1899), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), Johann Fischart (1546), Dominique Fernandez (1929), and Pierre Michon (1945).

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