WRITER

Olivier Weber

1958 - Today

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Olivier Weber (born 1958) is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq. He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and today ambassador of France at large. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivier Weber has received more than 55,329 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Olivier Weber is the 6,223rd most popular writer (down from 5,648th in 2019), the 5,187th most popular biography from France (down from 4,714th in 2019) and the 647th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olivier Weber ranks 6,223 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary Lamb, Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, George Alec Effinger, N. Scott Momaday, and Cecily von Ziegesar. After him are Wallace Stegner, Chen Danqing, Roger Foulon, Philippe Méaille, Anthony McCarten, and Eleanor Hallowell Abbott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Olivier Weber ranks 487. Before him are Alberto Cova, Lenny Von Dohlen, Amadou Dia Ba, Christian Brando, Arto Bryggare, and Mike Rotunda. After him are Neetu Singh, Monica Guerritore, Peter Watts, Charles F. Kettering, Ellen Ochoa, and Jean-Max Bellerive.

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In France

Among people born in France, Olivier Weber ranks 5,187 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandra Lamy (1971), Paul Sauvage (1939), Patrice Loko (1970), Stéphane Lannoy (1969), Vincent Guérin (1965), and Eliaquim Mangala (1991). After him are Alou Diarra (1981), Raïs M'Bolhi (1986), Philippe Méaille (1973), Yoshua Bengio (1964), Elsa Lunghini (1973), and Serge Blusson (1928).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Olivier Weber ranks 647. Before him are Danièle Sallenave (1940), Cyril Collard (1957), Jean Rouaud (1952), Patrick Grainville (1947), Éric Vuillard (1968), and Sylvain Tesson (1972). After him are Philippe Méaille (1973), Mathias Énard (1972), Dominique Bona (1953), Christian Prudhomme (1960), Laurent Binet (1972), and Anne-Marie Garat (1946).

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