WRITER

Pierre Reverdy

1889 - 1960

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Pierre Reverdy (French: [ʁəvɛʁdi]; 13 September 1889 – 17 June 1960) was a French poet whose works were inspired by and subsequently proceeded to influence the provocative art movements of the day, Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism. The loneliness and spiritual apprehension that ran through his poetry appealed to the Surrealist credo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Reverdy has received more than 148,001 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Pierre Reverdy is the 1,616th most popular writer (up from 1,738th in 2019), the 1,883rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,959th in 2019) and the 236th most popular French Writer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Reverdy ranks 1,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Pacuvius, Uri Avnery, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Marie de Gournay, Aharon Appelfeld, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Alice Walker, Adèle Hugo, Eupolis, Marquis de Custine, Ibn al-Farid, and Jean de Meun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Pierre Reverdy ranks 62. Before him are Thomas Midgley Jr., Richard Glücks, Eberhard von Mackensen, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Zoltán Tildy, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Takeo Kurita, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, R. G. Collingwood, María Capovilla, Alma Karlin, and Khudiram Bose. Among people deceased in 1960, Pierre Reverdy ranks 50. Before him are Jussi Björling, Beno Gutenberg, Vicki Baum, Yan Xishan, August Kopff, and Feroze Gandhi. After him are Salvatore Ferragamo, Sylvia Pankhurst, Antonie Pannekoek, Abram Ioffe, Alexandre Benois, and Maurice de Broglie.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Reverdy ranks 1,883 out of 6,770. Before him are Michelle of Valois (1395), Maurice André (1933), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Rudi Garcia (1964), and Michel Polnareff (1944). After him are Paul Nizan (1905), Adèle Hugo (1830), Nicolas Anelka (1979), Marquis de Custine (1790), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), and Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Reverdy ranks 236. Before him are Robert Brasillach (1909), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Jean Chapelain (1595), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Robert Desnos (1900), and Marie de Gournay (1565). After him are Adèle Hugo (1830), Marquis de Custine (1790), Jean de Meun (1240), Alphonse Allais (1854), Jules Romains (1885), and Henri de Régnier (1864).

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