WRITER

Remy de Gourmont

1858 - 1915

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Remy de Gourmont (4 April 1858 – 27 September 1915) was a French symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic. He was widely read in his era, and an important influence on Blaise Cendrars and Georges Bataille. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Remy de Gourmont has received more than 92,119 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Remy de Gourmont is the 1,416th most popular writer (up from 1,572nd in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from France (up from 1,796th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Physique de lʹamour
Reproduction, Human reproduction, Sex
1903
Promenades littéraires
French literature, History and criticism, Literature
1904
Lettres à l'amazone
Accessible book, Authors, French, Correspondence
1917
Esthétique de la langue française
French language, Etymology, Words
1899
Le problème du style
Art, French language, French literature
1900
La culture des idées
1910

Page views of Remy de Gourmonts by language

Over the past year Remy de Gourmont has had the most page views in the with 12,862 views, followed by English (11,679), and German (2,757). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (152.30%), German (118.12%), and Korean (93.09%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Remy de Gourmont ranks 1,416 out of 7,302. Before him are Philippe Soupault, Liang Qichao, A. B. Yehoshua, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and Georges Rodenbach. After him are Béla Balázs, Ryū Murakami, Joseph Mohr, Qiu Jin, Du Mu, and Jane Hawking.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Remy de Gourmont ranks 42. Before him are Lovis Corinth, Saad Zaghloul, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Gaetano Mosca, Saitō Makoto, and Jan Toorop. After him are Alois Riegl, Wolfgang Kapp, Fernand Khnopff, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Bonar Law, and Oldfield Thomas. Among people deceased in 1915, Remy de Gourmont ranks 22. Before him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Armand Peugeot, Saitō Hajime, James Murray, Sergei Taneyev, and Anton von Werner. After him are Arthur Auwers, Nadežda Petrović, Konstantin Makovsky, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Edith Cavell, and Adèle Hugo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Remy de Gourmont ranks 1,639 out of 6,770. Before him are Abbé Pierre (1912), Philippe Soupault (1897), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Élie Cartan (1869), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808). After him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), and Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Remy de Gourmont ranks 203. Before him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Philippe Soupault (1897), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808). After him are Marcel Aymé (1902), Georges Feydeau (1862), Régis Debray (1940), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), and Tristan Corbière (1845).

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