WRITER

Pierre de Ronsard

1524 - 1585

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Pierre de Ronsard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də ʁɔ̃saʁ]; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets". Ronsard was born at Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois. His father served Francis I as maître d'hôtel du roi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre de Ronsard has received more than 302,959 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Pierre de Ronsard is the 527th most popular writer (up from 690th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from France (up from 801st in 2019) and the 94th most popular French Writer.

Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet and writer. He is most famous for his poems, which were published in the 16th century.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Les Amours
Fiction
Texte intégral de la première édition de 1552 suivie des pièces ajoutées dans celle de 1553 puis dans celle du Premier livre des amours. Contient également les Continuations de 1555, les Nouvelles continuations de 1556 ainsi que diverses pièces ajoutées ultérieurement.
1981
Songs & sonnets of Pierre de Ronsard
1903
Oeuvres (Oeuvres de Pierre de Ronsard)
1968
Oeuvres Poetiques
French poetry
1972
Oeuvres Completes
1938

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 527 out of 7,302. Before him are Tennessee Williams, Premchand, Jostein Gaarder, Harold Pinter, Jean Paul, and Imadaddin Nasimi. After him are Kumārajīva, Richard Bach, José Martí, Tyrtaeus, Robert Walser, and Franz Werfel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 3. Before him are Selim II, and Luís de Camões. After him are Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1585, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 2. Before him is Pope Gregory XIII. After him are Ismihan Sultan, Yermak Timofeyevich, Andrea Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Rembert Dodoens, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 619 out of 6,770. Before him are Félix Faure (1841), Albert Uderzo (1927), Lucien Febvre (1878), André the Giant (1946), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), and Julie Clary (1771). After him are Charles II of Navarre (1332), Marina Vlady (1938), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Juliette Binoche (1964), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), and Guy Debord (1931).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 94. Before him are Henri Barbusse (1873), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Anaïs Nin (1903), Alfred Jarry (1873), Camille Flammarion (1842), and Marie-Antoine Carême (1784). After him are Paul Claudel (1868), Gaston Leroux (1868), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Georges Perec (1936), and Ausonius (310).

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