WRITER

Muriel Barbery

1969 - Today

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Muriel Barbery (born 28 May 1969) is a French novelist and philosophy teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muriel Barbery has received more than 171,621 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Muriel Barbery is the 4,866th most popular writer (down from 4,652nd in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 95th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Moroccan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Una Golosina
2003
Gourmet rhapsody
Critics, Vulgarity, Gourmets
A great food critic who can make or destroy the reputation of a chef with a stroke of his pen, Pierre Arthens faces his imminent death by trying to recall the one perfect flavor he sampled in his youth, a flavor that he believes forms the ultimate truth of his life.
2009
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Apartment dwellers, class in fiction, Apartment concierges
EA novel by the French professor of philosophy Muriel Barbery. The book centers on a working-class concierge of an upscale apartment building in Paris, Renee Michel. She is an auto-didact of immense learning who deliberately conceals her intelligence. Her secret is discovered by a young resident of the building named Paloma. The novel is narrated alternately by each of these two characters. First released in August 2006 by Gallimard, the novel became a bestseller of over a million copies.
2008
Une gourmandise
2000
L' élégance du hérisson
2006
Un Golosinaa
2002

Page views of Muriel Barberies by language

Over the past year Muriel Barbery has had the most page views in the with 29,094 views, followed by English (17,011), and Spanish (9,925). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (210.81%), Arabic (29.62%), and Spanish (27.62%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muriel Barbery ranks 4,866 out of 7,302. Before her are Bruno Frank, Len Deighton, Konrad von Würzburg, Candy Barr, Fran Levstik, and Alan Woods. After her are María Martínez Sierra, Arnulf Øverland, Boris Vasilyev, Eugénio de Andrade, Karel Sabina, and Emmanuel Roblès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Muriel Barbery ranks 208. Before her are Pierluigi Casiraghi, Hussein Ammouta, Buckethead, Andrea Elson, Angélica Rivera, and Jeremy Davies. After her are Noah Baumbach, Joaquín Cortés, Lucero, Michael Kelly, Daniel Fonseca, and Timo Kotipelto.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Muriel Barbery ranks 112 out of 264. Before her are Azzeddine Laraki (1929), Mohamed Timoumi (1960), Driss Bamous (1942), Med Hondo (1936), Hussein Ammouta (1969), and Maati Bouabid (1927). After her are Allal Benkassou (1941), Abdelkrim Merry (1955), Alber Elbaz (1961), Mohamed Benhima (1924), RedOne (1972), and Mohammed Hazzaz (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Muriel Barbery ranks 10. Before her are Mohamed Choukri (1935), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), and Malika Oufkir (1953). After her are Katherine Pancol (1954), Leïla Slimani (1981), Abdellah Taïa (1973), and Laila Lalami (1968).

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