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Michel Leiris

1901 - 1990

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Julien Michel Leiris (French: [lɛʁis]; 20 April 1901 in Paris – 30 September 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Leiris has received more than 145,764 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Leiris is the 2,164th most popular writer (down from 1,994th in 2019), the 2,427th most popular biography from France (down from 2,254th in 2019) and the 309th most popular French Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 61.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Leiris ranks 2,164 out of 7,302. Before him are Eduard Uspensky, Paul Morand, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Ernst Robert Curtius, Al-Farazdaq, and Phan Bội Châu. After him are Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Isaac the Blind, Katsu Kaishū, William of Moerbeke, Auguste Maquet, and Nelson Algren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Michel Leiris ranks 109. Before him are Alexander Fadeyev, Otto Wächter, Melvyn Douglas, Fred Uhlman, Cassandre, and René Pleven. After him are Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Hellmuth Stieff, Jean Prouvé, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Manuel Urrutia Lleó. Among people deceased in 1990, Michel Leiris ranks 82. Before him are Sergei Dovlatov, Joan Bennett, Taro Kagawa, Attilio Demaría, Ronald Evans, and George de Mestral. After him are Eduard Streltsov, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Thorbjørn Egner, Tom Fogerty, Mariano Rumor, and Alan Perlis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Leiris ranks 2,427 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), and Jean Eustache (1938). After him are Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Isaac the Blind (1160), Jean Fautrier (1898), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), and Auguste Maquet (1813).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Leiris ranks 309. Before him are Savitri Devi (1905), Paul Féval, père (1816), Charles de Brosses (1709), Paul Morand (1888), Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), and Ernst Robert Curtius (1886). After him are Isaac the Blind (1160), Auguste Maquet (1813), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Zygmunt Krasiński (1812), Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), and Renaud Camus (1946).

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