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Patrick Grainville

1947 - Today

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Patrick Grainville (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. He is professor of French at the Lycée Évariste Galois in Sartrouville. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Grainville has received more than 26,379 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Grainville is the 5,682nd most popular writer, the 4,736th most popular biography from France and the 594th most popular French Writer.

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  • 26k

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  • 41.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Grainville ranks 5,682 out of 5,755Before him are John Ajvide Lindqvist, Tom Kapinos, Colson Whitehead, Māra Zālīte, Philip Massinger, and Lydia Maria Child. After him are Alberto Dines, Justine Musk, Walker Percy, Ludwig Bemelmans, Alan Hollinghurst, and Tim Kring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Patrick Grainville ranks 659Before him are Boris Gulko, Rajko Đurić, Stephanie Beacham, Ada Kok, George Alec Effinger, and Reno Olsen. After him are Subhash Kak, Ken Dryden, Hal Abelson, Emlyn Hughes, Harvey Mason, and Millie Small.

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In France

Among people born in France, Patrick Grainville ranks 4,736 out of 6,011Before him are Éric Boullier (1973), Agnès Buzyn (1962), Richard Dembo (1948), Olivier Weber (1958), André Roosevelt (1879), and Cécile Cassel (1982). After him are Denis Ménochet (1976), Jean-Claude Piumi (1940), Sébastien Chabal (1977), Anna Mouglalis (1978), André Rischmann (1882), and Angelique Boyer (1988).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Patrick Grainville ranks 594Before him are Patrick Rambaud (1946), Philippe Delerm (1950), François Nourissier (1927), Paul Arène (1843), Laurent Binet (1972), and Olivier Weber (1958). After him are David Diop (1966), Didier Van Cauwelaert (1960), Jean Rouaud (1952), Dominique Bona (1953), Christian Prudhomme (1960), and David Foenkinos (1974).

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