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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 426,488 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia. Prosper Mérimée is the 310th most popular writer (down from 241st in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from France (down from 279th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Writer.

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

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  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Prosper Mérimée ranks 310 out of 5,755. Before him are Marguerite de Navarre, Roger Martin du Gard, Lorenzo Valla, J. M. Coetzee, Paul Heyse, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. After him are Mario Puzo, Raymond Chandler, Paul Celan, Callimachus, Gregory of Tours, and Karl May.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Prosper Mérimée ranks 5. Before him are Hector Berlioz, Christian Doppler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Justus von Liebig. After him are Adolphe Adam, Maria Anna of Savoy, Gottfried Semper, Fyodor Tyutchev, Albrecht von Roon, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and Flora Tristan. Among people deceased in 1870, Prosper Mérimée ranks 4. Before him are Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, and Robert E. Lee. After him are Josef Strauss, Comte de Lautréamont, Frédéric Bazille, Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Ferdinand von Wrangel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prosper Mérimée ranks 362 out of 6,011. Before him are Jeanne Moreau (1928), Louis IV of France (920), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Pope Innocent V (1225), and Léo Delibes (1836). After him are Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Le Brun (1619), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Gregory of Tours (538), and Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Prosper Mérimée ranks 53. Before him are Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Paul Valéry (1871), Antonin Artaud (1896), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), and Roger Martin du Gard (1881). After him are Gregory of Tours (538), François Mauriac (1885), Georges Bataille (1897), André Malraux (1901), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), and Paul Éluard (1895).

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