WRITER

Maylis de Kerangal

1967 - Today

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Maylis de Kerangal (born 16 June 1967) is a French author. Her novels deeply explore people in their work lives. She has won many awards for her work (including the Prix Médicis, the Premio Gregor von Rezzori, the Grand prix RTL-Lire, and the Wellcome Book Prize), and her novels have been published in several languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maylis de Kerangal has received more than 80,145 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Maylis de Kerangal is the 6,526th most popular writer (down from 6,130th in 2019), the 5,362nd most popular biography from France (down from 5,072nd in 2019) and the 659th most popular French Writer.

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  • 80k

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  • 40.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maylis de Kerangal ranks 6,526 out of 7,302Before her are Martin Österdahl, John Gribbin, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ellen Kushner, Andrew Kevin Walker, and Elizabeth Inchbald. After her are Arkady Babchenko, Richard Lovelace, David Diop, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Dennis Prager, and Anthony Boucher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Maylis de Kerangal ranks 479Before her are Kari Wuhrer, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Roger Sanchez, Razija Mujanović, Evan Seinfeld, and Igor Protti. After her are Adam Taubitz, Mikhail Shchennikov, Paul Accola, Marcelo Balboa, Coffi Codjia, and Kevin Macdonald.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maylis de Kerangal ranks 5,362 out of 6,770Before her are Benoît Assou-Ekotto (1984), France Nuyen (1939), Philippe Lacheau (1980), Cyril Despres (1974), Jordan Ayew (1991), and André Testut (1926). After her are Jérôme Kerviel (1977), David Diop (1966), Valérien Ismaël (1975), Philippe Riboud (1957), Nolwenn Leroy (1982), and Luc Leblanc (1966).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maylis de Kerangal ranks 659Before her are Anne-Marie Garat (1946), Gilles Leroy (1958), Alexandre del Valle (1968), David Foenkinos (1974), Alberto Angela (1962), and Véronique Tadjo (1955). After her are David Diop (1966), Didier Van Cauwelaert (1960), Patrick Besson (1956), Marie Darrieussecq (1969), Édouard Louis (1992), and Ann Scott (1965).