WRITER

Nicolas Bouvier

1929 - 1998

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Nicolas Bouvier (6 March 1929 in Lancy – 17 February 1998) was a 20th-century Swiss traveller, writer, picture editor and photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Bouvier has received more than 84,971 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Bouvier is the 4,201st most popular writer (down from 3,816th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 378th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 4,201 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Galich, John Winthrop, Don Miguel Ruiz, Antoine Furetière, Yan Lianke, and Charlotte von Ahlefeld. After him are Juhan Smuul, Hélène Berr, Isidore Isou, Daniela Hodrová, Masuji Ibuse, and Rafik Schami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 300. Before him are Hubert Dreyfus, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Dominique Fernandez, Terry Sawchuk, Karl-Erik Palmér, and Bob Brookmeyer. After him are Viguen, Nusrat Bhutto, József Tóth, Petr Eben, Charles Antenen, and Adalet Ağaoğlu. Among people deceased in 1998, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 188. Before him are Zezé Moreira, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, António Ribeiro, Enoch Powell, Kim Ki-young, and Tammy Wynette. After him are Wanda Jakubowska, Pruden, Jean Shiley, Marion Donovan, Héctor Vilches, and William Gaddis.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 422 out of 1,015. Before him are Aegidius Tschudi (1505), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), Hakan Yakin (1977), Ueli Steck (1976), Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984), and Stefano Franscini (1796). After him are Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768), Pierre Cérésole (1879), Roger Courtois (1912), Patrick Juvet (1950), Philipp Etter (1891), and Constant Fornerod (1819).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 40. Before him are Theodore Bibliander (1500), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Robert Pinget (1919), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Peter Bichsel (1935), and Fernán Caballero (1796). After him are Johann David Wyss (1743), Alain de Botton (1969), Martin Suter (1948), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Béatrix Beck (1914), and Jacques Chessex (1934).

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