WRITER

Raymond Roussel

1877 - 1933

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Raymond Roussel (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ ʁusɛl]; 20 January 1877 – 14 July 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Roussel has received more than 177,194 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Roussel is the 1,552nd most popular writer (down from 1,495th in 2019), the 1,802nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,705th in 2019) and the 225th most popular French Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 58.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Raymond Roussel ranks 1,552 out of 7,302. Before him are José de Acosta, Usama ibn Munqidh, Elizabeth of the Trinity, John Dickson Carr, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and Junji Ito. After him are Elizabeth Bishop, Pío Baroja, Antoine de Montchrestien, Ben Shapiro, Wen Tianxiang, and Liu Cixin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Raymond Roussel ranks 44. Before him are Endre Ady, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Ulrich Salchow, Vasil Kolarov, Otto Gross, and Sadao Araki. After him are Edmund Landau, Petar Kočić, Charles Rolls, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Herbert Pitman. Among people deceased in 1933, Raymond Roussel ranks 33. Before him are Albert Calmette, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Francesc Macià, Hans Vaihinger, Henry Royce, and Louis Comfort Tiffany. After him are Anna de Noailles, Anagarika Dharmapala, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Mary Parker Follett, Carl Correns, and Haim Arlosoroff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Roussel ranks 1,802 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Debré (1912), Stanislas de Guaita (1861), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), and Pierre Bérégovoy (1925). After him are Constant Troyon (1810), Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Richeza of Lotharingia (995), André-Louis Debierne (1874), and Philibert de l'Orme (1514).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Raymond Roussel ranks 225. Before him are Henry de Montherlant (1895), Louise Labé (1524), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Anne Desclos (1907), and Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880). After him are Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Marcel Achard (1899), Anna de Noailles (1876), Philippe de Commines (1447), Robert Brasillach (1909), and Jean-François Marmontel (1723).

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