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Patrick Modiano

1945 - Today

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Jean Patrick Modiano (French: [ʒɑ̃ patʁik mɔdjano]; born 30 July 1945), generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction.In more than 40 books, Modiano used his fascination with the human experience of World War II in France to examine individual and collective identities, responsibilities, loyalties, memory, and loss. Because of his obsession with the past, he was sometimes compared to Marcel Proust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Modiano has received more than 719,687 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Patrick Modiano is the 415th most popular writer (up from 435th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from France (up from 509th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Writer.

Patrick Modiano is a French novelist and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for his novels, which often explore the themes of memory and identity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 92

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Villa triste
French fiction
19755 / 5
La ronde de nuit
1969
Les boulevards de ceinture
1972
Livret de famille
1977
Rue des boutiques obscures
1978
Une jeunesse
1981

Page views of Patrick Modianos by language

Over the past year Patrick Modiano has had the most page views in the with 144,332 views, followed by English (67,808), and Spanish (22,070). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hakka (268.02%), Uzbek (103.38%), and Maithili (85.83%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Modiano ranks 415 out of 7,302. Before him are Michel Houellebecq, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Alfred de Musset, Qu Yuan, Sylvia Plath, and Thomas Bernhard. After him are Ivar Aasen, Savitribai Phule, Heinrich Mann, John Keats, Arion, and Sholem Aleichem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Patrick Modiano ranks 27. Before him are Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Mircea Lucescu, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Björn Ulvaeus, and Moshe Katsav. After him are Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Stewart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Ian Gillan, Adly Mansour, and Anselm Kiefer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Patrick Modiano ranks 482 out of 6,770. Before him are Ambroise Paré (1510), Yves Klein (1928), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), Adolphe Adam (1803), Pierre Richard (1934), and Carus (230). After him are Genevieve (423), Jean Arp (1886), Jacques Delors (1925), Mireille Darc (1938), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), and Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Patrick Modiano ranks 73. Before him are Jean Genet (1910), Gregory of Tours (538), Jacques Prévert (1900), René Guénon (1886), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), and Alfred de Musset (1810). After him are William of Rubruck (1220), Hector Malot (1830), Louis Aragon (1897), André Maurois (1885), Auguste Escoffier (1847), and Boris Vian (1920).

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