WRITER

Pierre Louÿs

1870 - 1925

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Pierre-Félix Louÿs (French: [pjɛʁ lu.is]; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Louÿs has received more than 242,769 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Pierre Louÿs is the 1,091st most popular writer (down from 998th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 129th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Writer.

Pierre Louÿs is most famous for his erotic novel, The Songs of Bilitis.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Les chansons de Bilitis
poetry
1894
La femme et le pantin
1911
Aphrodite
Fiction
1901
Les aventures du roi Pausole
1927
Aphrodite
Fiction
1848
Les aventures du roi Pausole
1900
Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation
1928
Les chansons de Bilitis
poetry
1894
La femme et le pantin
1898
Trois filles de leur mère
Erotic stories, French, French Erotic stories, Fiction, erotica, general
1926

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Louÿs ranks 1,091 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Cankar, Dylan Thomas, Ruy González de Clavijo, E. M. Forster, Joseph Karo, and Nathalie Sarraute. After him are Dositej Obradović, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Fernando Arrabal, Michael Connelly, Jean Moréas, and Alfred Brehm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Pierre Louÿs ranks 28. Before him are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Sophia of Prussia, Georgy Gapon, D. T. Suzuki, and Ernst Barlach. After him are Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Charlotte Cooper, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Louis Vierne, Alexander Berkman, and Edwin S. Porter. Among people deceased in 1925, Pierre Louÿs ranks 35. Before him are Karl Abraham, Oliver Heaviside, Fritz Haarmann, Percy Fawcett, John Singer Sargent, and H. Rider Haggard. After him are Clément Ader, Johann Palisa, Max Linder, Lovis Corinth, Christian Krohg, and Boris Savinkov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre Louÿs ranks 137 out of 1,190. Before him are Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Auguste Perret (1874), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), and Bartholomeus Spranger (1546). After him are Bavo of Ghent (589), Henri Michaux (1899), Paul Van Himst (1943), Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Jan Matsys (1509), and Charles Michel (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Pierre Louÿs ranks 7. Before him are Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Georges Simenon (1903), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Julio Cortázar (1914), Émile Verhaeren (1855), and Marguerite Porete (1250). After him are Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), Victor Serge (1890), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522).

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