WRITER

Pierre Klossowski

1905 - 2001

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Pierre Klossowski (; French: [klɔˈsɔfski]; 9 August 1905 – 12 August 2001) was a French writer, translator and artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Klossowski has received more than 350,330 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Klossowski is the 1,961st most popular writer (down from 1,880th in 2019), the 2,219th most popular biography from France (down from 2,116th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 350k

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  • 56.34

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Klossowski ranks 1,961 out of 7,302Before him are Albert Memmi, Anthony Trollope, Ion Druță, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Sæmundr fróði, and Pir Sultan Abdal. After him are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Hincmar, Robert Southey, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, László Krasznahorkai, and Miloš Crnjanski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Pierre Klossowski ranks 95Before him are Gerhard Klopfer, Jean-Marie Villot, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Myrna Loy, Mikio Naruse, and Jigme Wangchuck. After him are Jacinto Quincoces, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, George Kelly, Nihal Atsız, Gertrude Ederle, and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu. Among people deceased in 2001, Pierre Klossowski ranks 74Before him are Nikos Sampson, John Phillips, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Luis Carniglia, Perry Como, and Soad Hosny. After him are Jaroslav Drobný, Hannelore Kohl, Bill Hewlett, Marvin Harris, Liisi Oterma, and Juan Bosch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Klossowski ranks 2,219 out of 6,770Before him are Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), Edgard Varèse (1883), Catherine of Burgundy (1378), Oronce Finé (1494), Guy Ligier (1930), and Maurice Couve de Murville (1907). After him are Dominique Pinon (1955), Géraud Duroc (1772), Hincmar (806), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Jacques Copeau (1879), and Peter Nolasco (1180).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Klossowski ranks 273Before him are Éric Zemmour (1958), Pierre Gringore (1475), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Avitus of Vienne (450), Bernard Palissy (1510), and Thomas Merton (1915). After him are Hincmar (806), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), Gustave Kahn (1859), Fred Vargas (1957), Christian Jacq (1947), and Étienne Dolet (1509).