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WRITER

Michel Tremblay

1942 - Today

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Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a Québécois novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect - something that would heavily influence his work. Tremblay's first professionally produced play, Les Belles-Sœurs, was written in 1965 and premiered at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Tremblay has received more than 181,627 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Tremblay is the 4,648th most popular writer (down from 4,417th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Canada (down from 340th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Tremblay ranks 4,648 out of 5,755. Before him are Zig Ziglar, Jean Cau, Jan van Beers, Russell Banks, R. A. Lafferty, and Marcel Boulenger. After him are Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Terenci Moix, Raymond Abellio, Olav Aukrust, Axel Bakunts, and Bernard Clavel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michel Tremblay ranks 442. Before him are Fernando Atzori, Michael Giles, Pedro Morales, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Antoni Piechniczek, and Steve Wynn. After him are Terenci Moix, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Bruce Johnston, Charmian Carr, Bernard Lietaer, and Anita Roddick.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michel Tremblay ranks 356 out of 1,350. Before him are Arthur Meighen (1874), Chief Dan George (1899), Tom Thomson (1877), Kristin Kreuk (1982), Katherine DeMille (1911), and Mort Sahl (1927). After him are Wyndham Lewis (1882), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), Feist (1976), Kate Nelligan (1950), Tommy Burns (1881), and Mary Pierce (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Michel Tremblay ranks 23. Before him are Steven Erikson (1959), Anne Carson (1950), Robin Sharma (1965), Robertson Davies (1913), Nancy Huston (1953), and Grant Allen (1848). After him are Wyndham Lewis (1882), Duncan Regehr (1952), Louise Penny (1958), Mark Strand (1934), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), and Sven Delblanc (1931).

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