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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 80,188 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Bouvier is the 3,829th most popular writer (down from 3,553rd in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 340th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 3,829 out of 5,755. Before him are George Gissing, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Gyula Krúdy, Apion, Marcel Jouhandeau, and Jean Clair. After him are Mikheil Javakhishvili, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Girolamo de Rada, Alexey Troitsky, and Nossis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 281. Before him are Michael Harner, Prahlad Jani, Dominique Fernandez, Moses Gunn, Burhan Sargun, and Maarten Schmidt. After him are Mithat Bayrak, Nirmal Verma, Kiki Håkansson, Dorothee Sölle, Gerry Anderson, and Tomislav Crnković. Among people deceased in 1998, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 160. Before him are Ludvík Daněk, Fritz Buchloh, Maurice Schumann, Julio César Britos, Leo Penn, and Enoch Powell. After him are Zezé Moreira, Tammy Wynette, Odette Bancilhon, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Nicholas Kurti, and Aisha Abd al-Rahman.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 379 out of 876. Before him are Robert Pinget (1919), Charles Journet (1891), Bernhard Russi (1948), Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Elisabeth Kopp (1936), and Stéphane Chapuisat (1969). After him are Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Karl Schenk (1823), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Charles Antenen (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Nicolas Bouvier ranks 39. Before him are Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Françoise Giroud (1916), Peter Bichsel (1935), Fernán Caballero (1796), and Robert Pinget (1919). After him are Alain de Botton (1969), Johann David Wyss (1743), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Martin Suter (1948), Urs Widmer (1938), and Béatrix Beck (1914).

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