WRITER

Prosper Mérimée

1803 - 1870

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Prosper Mérimée (French: [pʁɔspɛʁ meʁime]; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prosper Mérimée has received more than 454,503 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Prosper Mérimée is the 226th most popular writer (up from 310th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from France (up from 362nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Writer.

Prosper Mérimée is most famous for his story "Carmen" which was turned into an opera by Georges Bizet.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Short stories
1874
Chronique du règne de Charles IX
1853
Carmen
1883
Colomba
1845
Carmen
2006
Carmen
1997
Carmen
Operas, Librettos, Scores
1800
Carmen
2003
Colomba
French language
1845
Carmen
Carmen (Fictitious character), Fiction, French language
1883

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Prosper Mérimée ranks 226 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdowsi, Isaac Bashevis Singer, J. K. Rowling, Bram Stoker, Torquato Tasso, and Henryk Sienkiewicz. After him are Dario Fo, Herman Melville, Snorri Sturluson, Mikhail Bulgakov, Shams Tabrizi, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Prosper Mérimée ranks 3. Before him are Hector Berlioz, and Christian Doppler. After him are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Justus von Liebig, Adolphe Adam, Maria Anna of Savoy, Albrecht von Roon, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Gottfried Semper, Flora Tristan, and Fyodor Tyutchev. Among people deceased in 1870, Prosper Mérimée ranks 3. Before him are Alexandre Dumas, and Charles Dickens. After him are Robert E. Lee, Frédéric Bazille, Comte de Lautréamont, Josef Strauss, Francisco Solano López, Alexander Herzen, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prosper Mérimée ranks 277 out of 6,770. Before him are Camille Claudel (1864), Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Arsène Wenger (1949), Francis Picabia (1879), and Vincent de Paul (1581). After him are Philip the Good (1396), Paul Signac (1863), Charlotte Corday (1768), Gilles de Rais (1405), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), and Frédéric Mistral (1830).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Prosper Mérimée ranks 43. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), André Breton (1896), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Maurice Leblanc (1864), and Pierre Corneille (1606). After him are Frédéric Mistral (1830), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Germaine de Staël (1766), François Mauriac (1885), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), and François de La Rochefoucauld (1613).

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