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Maurice Scève

1501 - 1564

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Maurice Scève (c. 1501 – c. 1564) was a French poet active in Lyon during the Renaissance period. He was the centre of the Lyonnese côterie that elaborated the theory of spiritual love, derived partly from Plato and partly from Petrarch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Scève has received more than 38,768 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Scève is the 3,899th most popular writer (down from 3,608th in 2019), the 3,838th most popular biography from France (down from 3,503rd in 2019) and the 485th most popular French Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Scève ranks 3,899 out of 7,302. Before him are Mahadev Desai, Ceija Stojka, Michael Blake, Giulio Angioni, Mia Couto, and Ferenc Fejtő. After him are Adam Bohorič, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Ioan Slavici, Ostap Vyshnya, Raffaello Giovagnoli, and Fernán Caballero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Maurice Scève ranks 16. Before him are Sahib I Giray, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Ivan Susanin, Perino del Vaga, Hemu, and Francisco de Ulloa.  Among people deceased in 1564, Maurice Scève ranks 13. Before him are Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Theodore Bibliander, and Martim Afonso de Sousa. After him is Éléonore de Roye.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Scève ranks 3,838 out of 6,770. Before him are Marc Riboud (1923), Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet (1736), Coline Serreau (1947), Marcel Langiller (1908), Thomas Murner (1475), and Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796). After him are François de Laval (1623), Jean-François Stévenin (1944), André Gedalge (1856), Jean Desmarets (1595), Jules Méline (1838), and Célestine Galli-Marié (1840).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Scève ranks 485. Before him are Maurice Schumann (1911), Paul Fort (1872), Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), Jean-Pierre Thiollet (1956), Maria Deraismes (1828), and Thomas Murner (1475). After him are Jean Desmarets (1595), Pierre Jean Jouve (1887), Jakob Abbadie (1654), Léon-Paul Fargue (1876), Virginie Despentes (1969), and Daniel Boulanger (1922).

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