WRITER

Pierre-Jean de Béranger

1780 - 1857

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Pierre-Jean de Béranger (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʒɑ̃ də beʁɑ̃ʒe] ; 19 August 1780 – 16 July 1857) was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre-Jean de Béranger has received more than 133,299 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre-Jean de Béranger is the 991st most popular writer (up from 997th in 2019), the 1,126th most popular biography from France (up from 1,168th in 2019) and the 148th most popular French Writer.

Pierre-Jean de Béranger was a French poet and songwriter who was most famous for writing songs about the French Revolution.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
1834
Ma biographie
1858
Les chansons de Béranger
1889
Chansons
1823
The songs of Béranger
1844
Memoirs of Béranger
1858

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 991 out of 7,302. Before him are Prudentius, Jean de Joinville, Richard Matheson, Christoph Martin Wieland, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Assia Djebar. After him are Waris Dirie, Corinna, John Fowles, Samuel Richardson, William Styron, and Mimnermus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 8. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz, Pauline Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Miloš Obrenović, Jules de Polignac, and Charles Nodier. After him are Ranjit Singh, Jernej Kopitar, Sacagawea, Mary Somerville, Karl Nesselrode, and Bernardino Rivadavia. Among people deceased in 1857, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 14. Before him are Mikhail Glinka, Eugène Sue, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Francis Beaufort, and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff. After him are Louis Jacques Thénard, Johan Christian Dahl, Mangal Pandey, Josef Ressel, Alcide d'Orbigny, and Marquis de Custine.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 1,126 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Jacques Rivette (1928), René Lalique (1860), and Jean de Joinville (1224). After him are Pierre Augereau (1757), Étienne Cabet (1788), Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Pierre Mignard (1612), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), and Lionel Jospin (1937).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre-Jean de Béranger ranks 148. Before him are Johannes Tauler (1300), George Steiner (1929), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), and Jean de Joinville (1224). After him are Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Bertran de Born (1140), Jean Giraudoux (1882), André Bazin (1918), Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), and B. H. Liddell Hart (1895).

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