WRITER

Michel Houellebecq

1956 - Today

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Michel Houellebecq (French: [miˈʃɛl wɛlˈbɛk]; born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author of novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel, Whatever, in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Houellebecq has received more than 2,134,355 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Michel Houellebecq is the 409th most popular writer (up from 515th in 2019), the most popular biography from Réunion (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Writer.

Michel Houellebecq is a French author and filmmaker. He is most famous for his novel, "The Elementary Particles."

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lanzarote
Fiction, Pictorial works, Landschaftsphotographie
2000
Platform
Social life and customs, Sex tourism, Fiction
"Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence of prepackaged pleasure, hollow friendships, TV dinners, and pornography. On a group holiday in Thailand, however, he meets the shyly compelling Valerie, who soon pursues an agenda that Michel himself could never have thought possible: his own humanization." "Back in Paris, they plunge into an affair that strays into S&M, public sex, and partner swapping, even as they devise a scheme to save Valerie's ailing travel company by capitalizing on the only trade Michel has seen flourish in the third World. Before long, he quits his job, and their business model for "sex tourism" is gradually implemented. But when they return to Thailand, where Michel's philosophy will be put into practice, he discovers that sex is neither the most consuming nor dangerous of passions."--BOOK JACKET
2002
La possibilité d'une île
2005
H.P. Lovecraft
American Fantasy fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Fantasy fiction, American
1991
Possibilité d'une île
Fiction, Aging, Cults
2005
Extension du domaine de la lutte
Alienation (Social psychology), Computer engineers, Fiction
1994

Page views of Michel Houellebecqs by language

Over the past year Michel Houellebecq has had the most page views in the with 342,929 views, followed by English (252,941), and German (119,782). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (150.00%), Ido (134.81%), and Belarusian (110.90%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Houellebecq ranks 409 out of 7,302. Before him are Edmondo De Amicis, Henning Mankell, Henry James, Joseph Roth, Dan Brown, and René Guénon. After him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Alfred de Musset, Qu Yuan, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Bernhard, and Patrick Modiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Michel Houellebecq ranks 9. Before him are Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Steve Ballmer, Lars von Trier, Christoph Waltz, and Björn Borg. After him are Tsai Ing-wen, Christine Lagarde, Paolo Rossi, Bryan Cranston, Khaled Mashal, and Theresa May.

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In Réunion

Among people born in Réunion, Michel Houellebecq ranks 1 out of 16. After him are Roland Garros (1888), Ambroise Vollard (1866), Leconte de Lisle (1818), Raymond Barre (1924), Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796), Dimitri Payet (1987), Évariste de Parny (1753), Edmond Albius (1829), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), and Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984).

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Among WRITERS In Réunion

Among writers born in Réunion, Michel Houellebecq ranks 1. After him are Leconte de Lisle (1818), and Évariste de Parny (1753).

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