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Michel-Jean Sedaine

1719 - 1797

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Michel-Jean Sedaine (2 June 1719 – 17 May 1797) was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement of the genre from the period of Charles-Simon Favart to the beginning of the Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel-Jean Sedaine has received more than 29,608 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Michel-Jean Sedaine is the 4,733rd most popular writer (down from 4,599th in 2019), the 4,331st most popular biography from France (down from 4,082nd in 2019) and the 554th most popular French Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

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  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 4,733 out of 7,302. Before him are Rosa Sensat, William Tenn, Brian Lumley, Robert Menasse, Andrei Bitov, and Elizabeth Jane Howard. After him are Rosa Mayreder, Damon Knight, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Aaron Sorkin, E. L. James, and Hanna Krall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 18. Before him are Christian Mayer, Pierre Poivre, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Thomas Gage, and Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda. After him are Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim. Among people deceased in 1797, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 24. Before him are Olaudah Equiano, Wang Zhenyi, Molla Panah Vagif, Ivan Shuvalov, John Wilkes, and Francesco Sabatini. After him are Pietro Verri, Asaf-ud-Daula, Carter Braxton, and Oliver Wolcott.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 4,331 out of 6,770. Before him are André Tassin (1902), Eric of Friuli (800), François Marty (1904), Étienne Brûlé (1592), Christian Herter (1895), and René Girard (1954). After him are Philippe Bergeroo (1954), Guy Mairesse (1910), Roger Blin (1907), Jean Cau (1925), Henri Bosco (1888), and Jean Tardieu (1903).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel-Jean Sedaine ranks 554. Before him are Saint-Pol-Roux (1861), Virginie Ancelot (1792), Joseph Roumanille (1818), Jean Vautrin (1933), François Tristan l'Hermite (1601), and George du Maurier (1834). After him are Jean Cau (1925), Henri Bosco (1888), Jean Tardieu (1903), Philippe Djian (1949), Roger Vitrac (1899), and Florence Delay (1941).

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