WRITER

Patrick Grainville

1947 - Today

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Patrick Grainville (French pronunciation: [patʁik ɡʁɛ̃vil]; born 1 June 1947 Villers-sur-Mer, Calvados) is a French novelist. He spent his childhood in Villerville, a small town east of Deauville. An associate professor of letters, he received the Prix Goncourt in 1976, 29 years old, for his fourth novel, Les Flamboyants ("The Flasher"). He has written extensively on Africa, where he undertook a cooperative mission. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Grainville has received more than 28,209 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Grainville is the 6,149th most popular writer (down from 5,661st in 2019), the 5,130th most popular biography from France (down from 4,717th in 2019) and the 644th most popular French Writer.

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  • 28k

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  • 43.08

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La Diane rousse
1978
Le lien
1996
Les flamboyants
1976
Les forteresses noires
1982
Les Yeux de Milos
Fiction
2021
La main blessée
2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Grainville ranks 6,149 out of 7,302. Before him are Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Bernardine Evaristo, John Logan, Ahmad NikTalab, J. G. Farrell, and Pia Tafdrup. After him are Mieko Kawakami, Walker Percy, Maja Bošković-Stulli, John Addington Symonds, Jaime Bayly, and E. W. Hornung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Patrick Grainville ranks 731. Before him are Jacques-Édouard Alexis, Carole Bayer Sager, Erika Lechner, Leonid Khabarov, Jan Henne, and Clemente Mastella. After him are Robert Gordon, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Flemming Jørgensen, Bryan Sykes, Amory Lovins, and Christine Stückelberger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Patrick Grainville ranks 5,130 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Mahut (1982), Nicolas Alfonsi (1936), Olivier Dacourt (1974), Giorgio Capitani (1927), Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde (1977), and Philippe Kahn (1952). After him are Émile Delchambre (1875), Olivier Megaton (1965), Louise Bourgoin (1981), Angelique Boyer (1988), Lionel Charbonnier (1966), and René Bondoux (1905).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Patrick Grainville ranks 644. Before him are Jean Dutourd (1920), Charles Le Goffic (1863), René Benjamin (1885), Danièle Sallenave (1940), Cyril Collard (1957), and Jean Rouaud (1952). After him are Éric Vuillard (1968), Sylvain Tesson (1972), Olivier Weber (1958), Philippe Méaille (1973), Mathias Énard (1972), and Dominique Bona (1953).

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