WRITER

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

1893 - 1945

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Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (French: [dʁjø la ʁɔʃɛl]; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays. He was born, lived and died in Paris. Drieu La Rochelle became a proponent of French fascism in the 1930s, and was a well-known collaborationist during the German occupation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle has received more than 204,910 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Pierre Drieu La Rochelle is the 1,329th most popular writer (down from 1,246th in 2019), the 1,522nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,449th in 2019) and the 187th most popular French Writer.

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  • 200k

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  • 59.56

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La comédie de Charleroi
1934
Le feu follet
1931
L' Homme à cheval
1943
Gilles
1939
Sur les écrivains
History and criticism, Literature, Literature, Modern
1964

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 1,329 out of 7,302. Before him are Khaled Hosseini, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Blaise de Vigenère, Odo of Cluny, and Artemidorus. After him are Ivan Kotliarevsky, Lin Yutang, Allan Pinkerton, Władysław Tarnowski, Catherine de Bourbon, and Yan Fu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 58. Before him are Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Battista Farina, Erwin Piscator, Nicholas J. Spykman, and Walter Christaller. After him are Ernst Öpik, Hans Scharoun, Raymond Loewy, Conrad Veidt, Dragiša Cvetković, and Matthias Kleinheisterkamp. Among people deceased in 1945, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 95. Before him are Kurt Gerstein, Walter Bradford Cannon, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Hans Kammler, and Josef Čapek. After him are Bernhard Rust, Philipp Bouhler, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Anton Dostler, and Walter Krüger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 1,522 out of 6,770. Before him are Odo of Cluny (878), Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560), Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), Hubert Robert (1733), Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), and Michel Serrault (1928). After him are Louis de Bonald (1754), Henri Delaunay (1883), Bob Denard (1929), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Oenomaus (-105), and Raymond of Burgundy (1070).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle ranks 187. Before him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Paul Scarron (1610), Maurice Barrès (1862), Michel Verne (1861), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Odo of Cluny (878). After him are Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Henri Murger (1822), Adalberon (947), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), and Joseph Bédier (1864).

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