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Michel Butor

1926 - 2016

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Michel Butor (French: [miʃɛl bytɔʁ]; 14 September 1926 – 24 August 2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Butor has received more than 112,095 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Michel Butor is the 1,266th most popular writer (down from 1,139th in 2019), the 1,476th most popular biography from France (down from 1,273rd in 2019) and the 187th most popular French Writer.

Michel Butor is most famous for his novel "La modification."

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Butor ranks 1,266 out of 5,755. Before him are Aleksandr Kuprin, P. G. Wodehouse, Mahadevi Varma, Charles Péguy, Rasul Gamzatov, and Mario Benedetti. After him are Winifred Wagner, Juliusz Słowacki, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Albert Barillé, Maurus Servius Honoratus, and Ivan Vazov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Michel Butor ranks 84. Before him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Gus Grissom, Jorge Medina, Poul Anderson, James Stirling, and László Papp. After him are Abdul Rahim Hatif, David H. Hubel, Youssef Chahine, Verner Panton, Karl Richter, and Robert Fogel. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Butor ranks 77. Before him are Keith Emerson, Queen Anne of Romania, Iolanda Balaș, Michal Kováč, Marvin Minsky, and Walter Kohn. After him are Edgar Mitchell, Chyna, Yasuo Takamori, Thomas Schelling, David Hamilton, and Corry Brokken.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Butor ranks 1,476 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles Péguy (1873), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Constance of Arles (974), Abbé Pierre (1912), Marcel Dupré (1886), and Alain Poher (1909). After him are Richardis (840), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Diane de France (1538), Austen Henry Layard (1817), and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Butor ranks 187. Before him are Victorien Sardou (1831), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Odo of Cluny (878), and Charles Péguy (1873). After him are Émile Gaboriau (1832), Roland Topor (1938), Clément Marot (1495), Monique Wittig (1935), Xavier de Maistre (1763), and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911).

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