WRITER

Michel Deguy

1930 - 2022

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Michel Deguy (23 May 1930 – 16 February 2022) was a French poet and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Deguy has received more than 23,390 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Michel Deguy is the 5,720th most popular writer (down from 4,132nd in 2019), the 4,872nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,795th in 2019) and the 621st most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le sens de la visite
Biography, French Poets, Poets, French
2006
Given Giving
Translations into English, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Traductions anglaises
1984
La machine matrimoniale, ou, Marivaux
Criticism and interpretation, Marriage in literature
1981
Poèmes 1960-1970
French poetry, French literature
1973
Au jugé
2004
A man of little faith
Faith, Philosophy, Belief and doubt
2014

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Deguy ranks 5,720 out of 7,302. Before him are Anna Kavan, Kim Iryeop, Frederick Rolfe, Christoph Ransmayr, Robert Christgau, and Federico Moccia. After him are Lev Mei, Regīna Ezera, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Dmitri Prigov, Lőrinc Szabó, and Pauline Baynes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Michel Deguy ranks 500. Before him are Heinz Schiller, Peter Hall, Robert Atkins, G. Gordon Liddy, Anthony Soter Fernandez, and Paul-Émile de Souza. After him are Regīna Ezera, Heather Harper, Georg Stollenwerk, Monique Mercure, Alifa Rifaat, and James Fifer. Among people deceased in 2022, Michel Deguy ranks 474. Before him are Heidi Biebl, John Aylward, Andrés Prieto, Egon Franke, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, and Aleksandr Gorshkov. After him are Andrei Sukhovetsky, Monty Norman, John Emery, Gianni Celati, John Powell, and Roberto Maroni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Deguy ranks 4,872 out of 6,770. Before him are Ali Fergani (1952), Gilles Berolatti (1944), Pascal Dusapin (1955), Anna Kavan (1901), Denis Ménochet (1976), and Pierre Joxe (1934). After him are Roger Michelot (1912), Jacques Bergerac (1927), Victor Thibault (1867), Florence Devouard (1968), Joseph Perotaux (1883), and Sybilla of Normandy (1092).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Deguy ranks 621. Before him are André Dhôtel (1900), Eugène Dabit (1898), Alfred Capus (1858), Jean-Paul Dubois (1950), Paul Arène (1843), and Anna Kavan (1901). After him are Florian Zeller (1979), Robert Sabatier (1923), Marie NDiaye (1967), Antoine Blondin (1922), Édouard Pailleron (1834), and Léon Frapié (1863).

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