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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

1636 - 1711

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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (French: [nikɔla bwalo depʁeo]; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (UK: , US: ), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux has received more than 216,738 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux is the 410th most popular writer (up from 458th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from France (up from 541st in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Writer.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux is most famous for his poem "The Art of Poetry," which was published in 1674.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

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Notable Works

Lutrin
Poetry, Classic Literature, Fiction
1682
Oeuvres
Accessible book
1713
Oeuvres complètes de Boileau
Accessible book, History
1864
1713
Oeuvres de Boileau
French literature, Accessible book
1800
1800
Oeuvres
1713
Oeuvres complètes de Boileau
History
1864
Lutrin
Poetry, Classic Literature, Fiction
1682
Oeuvres poétiques
1825
Oeuvres de Boileau
French literature, Văn học
1800
Oeuvres de Boileau Despréaux
Correspondence, Stereotype, Intellectual life
1775

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 410 out of 7,302. Before him are Henning Mankell, Henry James, Joseph Roth, Dan Brown, René Guénon, and Michel Houellebecq. After him are Alfred de Musset, Qu Yuan, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Bernhard, Patrick Modiano, and Ivar Aasen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Libéral Bruant, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. Among people deceased in 1711, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 3. Before him are Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Louis, Grand Dauphin. After him are John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Louis-François de Boufflers, Maria Amalia of Courland, Vladimir Atlasov, Joseph Vaz, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Eusebio Kino, and Gerard de Lairesse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 474 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Prévert (1900), Isabelle Adjani (1955), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Alfred Kastler (1902), René Guénon (1886), and Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774). After him are Alfred de Musset (1810), Ambroise Paré (1510), Yves Klein (1928), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), Adolphe Adam (1803), and Pierre Richard (1934).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ranks 71. Before him are Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Georges Bataille (1897), Jean Genet (1910), Gregory of Tours (538), Jacques Prévert (1900), and René Guénon (1886). After him are Alfred de Musset (1810), Patrick Modiano (1945), William of Rubruck (1220), Hector Malot (1830), Louis Aragon (1897), and André Maurois (1885).

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