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Max Jacob

1876 - 1944

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Max Jacob (French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Jacob has received more than 396,555 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Jacob is the 705th most popular writer (up from 793rd in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from France (up from 931st in 2019) and the 114th most popular French Writer.

Max Jacob was a French poet and painter who became a close friend of Picasso. He was also a major contributor to the Dada movement.

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  • 64.24

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

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  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le cabinet noir
1900
Max Jacob
1946
Lettres, 1920-1941
1966
Le cornet à dés
1945
Le Cornet à dés II
1955
Conseils à un jeune poète
1945

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Jacob ranks 705 out of 7,302. Before him are Periander, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Andrea Camilleri, Arto Paasilinna, Jack Vance, and Maurice Denis. After him are Louise Hay, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Agathias, Oliver Sacks, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, and Ivan Krylov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Max Jacob ranks 25. Before him are Maurice de Vlaminck, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Hermann Müller, Róbert Bárány, Robert Guérin, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Maxim Litvinov, Wilhelm Cuno, Kim Koo, and Bruno Walter. Among people deceased in 1944, Max Jacob ranks 42. Before him are Erwin von Witzleben, Gustav Bauer, Erich Hoepner, Antanas Smetona, Giovanni Gentile, and Werner von Haeften. After him are Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Emilio De Bono, Kasturba Gandhi, Eduard Dietl, Hans-Valentin Hube, and Mildred Harris.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Jacob ranks 837 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), Maurice Denis (1870), Mary of Guise (1515), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), and Bourvil (1917). After him are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Célestin Freinet (1896), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Alain Aspect (1947), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), and Henri Fantin-Latour (1836).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Max Jacob ranks 114. Before him are Frontinus (30), Marie de France (1101), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Bernard Gui (1261), Jean Froissart (1337), and Maurice Denis (1870). After him are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Edmond Rostand (1868).

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