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WRITER

Michel Tournier

1924 - 2016

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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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  • 160k

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  • 59.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Tournier ranks 1,151 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Michel Tournier ranks 64Before 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 68Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Tournier ranks 1,329 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Tournier ranks 169Before 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).