WRITER

Pierre Loti

1850 - 1923

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Pierre Loti (French: [pjɛʁ lɔti]; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud [lwi maʁi ʒyljɛ̃ vjo]; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Loti has received more than 328,128 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Pierre Loti is the 603rd most popular writer (down from 599th in 2019), the 700th most popular biography from France (up from 708th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Writer.

Pierre Loti is most famous for his novel, "Madame Chrysanthème." The novel is about a French naval officer who falls in love with a Japanese woman.

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  • 330k

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  • 65.56

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Les désenchantées
1906
Mon frère Yves
1883
The Story of a Child
French fiction
1901
Ramuntcho
1897
Pêcheur d'Islande
1886
Madame Chrysanthème
1888

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Loti ranks 603 out of 7,302. Before him are Madame de La Fayette, Hermann Broch, Napoleon Hill, Lion Feuchtwanger, Karl Kraus, and Judah Halevi. After him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Erich Kästner, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, John Irving, Elisabeth of Wied, and Columella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Pierre Loti ranks 11. Before him are Edward Smith, Eduard Bernstein, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. After him are Mihai Eminescu, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Oliver Heaviside, Ignác Goldziher, Luigi Cadorna, and Lafcadio Hearn. Among people deceased in 1923, Pierre Loti ranks 13. Before him are Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Jaroslav Hašek, Constantine I of Greece, Pancho Villa, Warren G. Harding, and Joaquín Sorolla. After him are Dietrich Eckart, Julius Martov, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Katherine Mansfield, and James Dewar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Loti ranks 700 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Allais (1911), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Raymond Aron (1905), François Jacob (1920), and Antoine-Jean Gros (1771). After him are Maurice Gamelin (1872), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Alexandre Millerand (1859), François Ravaillac (1578), Jacques Maritain (1882), and Jean Parisot de Valette (1494).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Loti ranks 104. Before him are W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), and Madame de La Fayette (1634). After him are Madame Roland (1754), Raymond Queneau (1903), Eugène Sue (1804), Frontinus (30), Marie de France (1101), and Maurice Blanchot (1907).

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