1924 - 2016
Michel Tournier (French: [tuʁnje]; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Tournier has received more than 156,791 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michel Tournier is the 1,151st most popular writer (up from 1,178th in 2019), the 1,329th most popular biography from France (down from 1,323rd in 2019) and the 169th most popular French Writer.
Michel Tournier is most famous for his novel "The Erasers."
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Among writers, Michel Tournier ranks 1,151 out of 5,755. Before him are Tahar Ben Jelloun, Charles De Coster, Pu Songling, Nathalie Sarraute, Paul Scarron, and Rosalía de Castro. After him are Jean M. Auel, Robert Wilson, Alfred Kubin, Jean Giono, Odoric of Pordenone, and Danielle Steel.
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1,145
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1,146
1640 - 1715
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 1,147
1900 - 1999
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,148
1610 - 1660
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,149
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,150
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,151
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,152
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,153
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,154
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,155
1286 - 1331
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 1,156
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 1,157
Among people born in 1924, Michel Tournier ranks 64. Before him are Rosamunde Pilcher, Hermann Buhl, Roberts Blossom, Roza Shanina, Ephraim Kishon, and Antony Hewish. After him are Raj Kapoor, Ante Marković, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, André Franquin, Dorothy Malone, and Alexandre José Maria dos Santos. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Tournier ranks 68. Before him are Vesna Vulović, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Sonia Rykiel, Ahmed Zewail, Toots Thielemans, and Margot Honecker. After him are Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Gabriele Amorth, Keith Emerson, Queen Anne of Romania, Iolanda Balaș, and Michal Kováč.
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 58
1924 - 1957
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 59
1924 - 2011
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 60
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 61
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 62
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 63
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 64
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 65
1924 - 2011
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 66
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 67
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 68
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 69
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 70
1950 - 2016
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 62
1915 - 2016
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 63
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 64
1946 - 2016
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 65
1922 - 2016
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 66
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 67
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 68
1932 - 2016
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 69
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 70
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 71
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 72
1936 - 2016
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 73
1930 - 2016
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 74
Among people born in France, Michel Tournier ranks 1,329 out of 6,011. Before him are Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (1643), Pierre Cauchon (1371), Paul Scarron (1610), Guillaume Brune (1763), François Rude (1784), and Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012). After him are Louis Vierne (1870), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Gustave Charpentier (1860), and Raymond Loewy (1893).
1643 - 1709
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 1,323
1371 - 1442
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 1,324
1610 - 1660
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,325
1763 - 1815
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,326
1784 - 1855
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,327
1012 - 1067
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,328
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,329
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,330
1736 - 1818
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,331
1841 - 1932
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 1,332
950 - 1004
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,333
1860 - 1956
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,334
1893 - 1986
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,335
Among writers born in France, Michel Tournier ranks 169. Before him are B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Joseph Bédier (1864), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), and Paul Scarron (1610). After him are Jean Giono (1895), Alain-Fournier (1886), Léon Bloy (1846), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), and Henri Murger (1822).
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 163
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 164
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 165
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 166
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 167
1610 - 1660
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 168
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 169
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 170
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 171
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 172
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 173
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 174
1822 - 1861
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 175