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Pierre Bec

1921 - 2014

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Pierre Bec (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ bɛk]; Occitan: Pèire Bèc; 11 December 1921 – 30 June 2014) was a French Occitan-language poet and linguist. Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Comminges, where he learnt Occitan. He was deported to Germany between 1943 and 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Bec has received more than 22,221 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierre Bec is the 3,970th most popular writer (up from 3,972nd in 2019), the 3,723rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,517th in 2019) and the 485th most popular French Writer.

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  • 22k

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  • 48.72

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Bec ranks 3,970 out of 5,755Before him are Bruno Apitz, Aleko Konstantinov, Vladislav Khodasevich, Margaret Weis, Valentin Vodnik, and Osip Senkovsky. After him are Ömer Seyfettin, Louise Otto-Peters, Giuseppe Adami, Isaac de Benserade, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, and Jurij Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Pierre Bec ranks 249Before him are Helena Rakoczy, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Nadezhda Popova, Ernst Haas, Manny Ayulo, and Edvard Mirzoyan. After him are Inge Borkh, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Verghese Kurien, Bernard Lown, Mikayil Abdullayev, and Gunnar Eriksson. Among people deceased in 2014, Pierre Bec ranks 229Before him are Helena Rakoczy, Gordon Willis, Christophe de Margerie, Bobby Keys, Durdy Bayramov, and René Llense. After him are Dave Legeno, Lilli Carati, Gough Whitlam, Ernie Terrell, Bel Kaufman, and Abdul Qadir.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Bec ranks 3,723 out of 6,011Before him are Noël Bas (1877), Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668), Charles Dancla (1817), Wladimir Aïtoff (1879), René Llense (1913), and Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725). After him are Henri Callot (1875), Michèle Alliot-Marie (1946), Isaac de Benserade (1613), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Françoise Rosay (1891), and Pierre Gaveaux (1761).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Bec ranks 485Before him are Frédéric Dard (1921), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Marie Marvingt (1875), and Rémy Belleau (1528). After him are Isaac de Benserade (1613), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), Pierre Mac Orlan (1882), and Pierre Pithou (1539).