WRITER

Molière

1622 - 1673

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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃]; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (UK: , US: , French: [mɔljɛʁ]), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Molière has received more than 2,855,835 page views. His biography is available in 158 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 149 in 2019). Molière is the 19th most popular writer (up from 20th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from France (up from 15th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Writer.

Molière is most famous for his play "The Misanthrope."

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 83.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 158

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L' avare
1674
Le misanthrope
1817
Le bourgeois gentilhomme
1674
Tartuffe
1707
Le Malade imaginaire
1772
Les femmes savantes
English drama
1900
Le misanthrope
Classic Literature, Baptiste Poquelin, dit. Le Misanthrope, Molière, Jean
1817
Les femmes savantes
French language, Classic Literature, Fiction
1900
L' avare
Baptiste Poquelin, dit. L'Avare, Molière, Jean, Criticism and interpretation
A comedy in five acts. A widowed father, obsessed with his money, refuses to pay for the marriages of his two children.
1674
Tartuffe
Translations into English, French drama, French language
1 online resource
1707
Le bourgeois gentilhomme
French language, Readers, Classic Literature
1674
Le misanthrope
Classic Literature, Baptiste Poquelin, dit. Le Misanthrope, Molière, Jean
1817
Le Malade imaginaire
Translations from French, French drama, Welsh drama
1772
Les femmes savantes
French language, Classic Literature, Fiction
1900
Tartuffe
Translations into English, French drama, French language
1 online resource
1707
L' avare
Baptiste Poquelin, dit. L'Avare, Molière, Jean, Criticism and interpretation
A comedy in five acts. A widowed father, obsessed with his money, refuses to pay for the marriages of his two children.
1674

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Molière ranks 19 out of 7,302. Before him are Sophocles, Franz Kafka, Miguel de Cervantes, Jules Verne, Virgil, and Albert Camus. After him are Anton Chekhov, Petrarch, Honoré de Balzac, Aesop, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Ovid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Molière ranks 1. After him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Carel Fabritius, Vincenzo Viviani, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Bernhardus Varenius, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Vittoria della Rovere, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Karel Dujardin, and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1673, Molière ranks 1. After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Salvator Rosa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, Regnier de Graaf, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Molière ranks 14 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Pasteur (1822), Louis XVI of France (1754), Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), Montesquieu (1689), and Louis XV of France (1710). After him are Charles de Gaulle (1890), Honoré de Balzac (1799), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Alain Delon (1935), Henri Matisse (1869), and John Calvin (1509).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Molière ranks 4. Before him are Voltaire (1694), Victor Hugo (1802), and Jules Verne (1828). After him are Honoré de Balzac (1799), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Denis Diderot (1713), Alexandre Dumas (1802), Charles Baudelaire (1821), Émile Zola (1840), and Stendhal (1783).

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