WRITER

Pierre Mac Orlan

1882 - 1970

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Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan (born Pierre Dumarchey; February 26, 1882 – June 27, 1970), was a French novelist and songwriter. His novel Quai des Brumes was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring Jean Gabin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Mac Orlan has received more than 46,626 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Mac Orlan is the 4,356th most popular writer (down from 4,013th in 2019), the 4,116th most popular biography from France (down from 3,741st in 2019) and the 527th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le quai des brumes
1927
Le chant de l'équipage
1918
Sous la lumière froide
1949
L' ancre de miséricorde
1941
La cavalière Elsa
1921

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 4,356 out of 7,302. Before him are Louis Hémon, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Nélida Piñon, Reinhard Bonnke, Giovanni Arpino, and Ippolito Nievo. After him are Yury Trifonov, Feodor Gladkov, Jean-Richard Bloch, Elke Erb, Frik, and William Gaddis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 179. Before him are Wilhelm Nusselt, Osip Piatnitsky, George Bancroft, Mykhailo Boychuk, Giovanni Amendola, and Jim Lightbody. After him are Amelita Galli-Curci, Lydia Lipkowska, Paul Bekker, Alfred Keller, Aleksander Skrzyński, and Benjamin Jones. Among people deceased in 1970, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 176. Before him are Rube Goldberg, James B. Donovan, Vince Lombardi, Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, and Orhan Kemal. After him are Alfréd Rényi, Julius Pokorny, István Kozma, Kiichiro Higuchi, Arne Nyberg, and Marcel Minnaert.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 4,116 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger Lapébie (1911), Louis Vicat (1786), Louis Hémon (1880), Gabrielle Réjane (1856), Henri Laurent (1881), and André Patry (1902). After him are James Smithson (1765), Jean-Richard Bloch (1884), Élie-Abel Carrière (1818), Florence Arthaud (1957), Oscar Heisserer (1914), and Jean-Augustin Barral (1819).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Mac Orlan ranks 527. Before him are Benoîte Groult (1920), Gervase of Tilbury (1155), Hervé Le Tellier (1957), Maurice Sachs (1906), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), and Louis Hémon (1880). After him are Jean-Richard Bloch (1884), Olivier de Serres (1539), Stanislas Julien (1797), Pierre Pithou (1539), Jakob Balde (1604), and Pierre Emmanuel (1916).

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