WRITER

René Barjavel

1911 - 1985

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René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Barjavel has received more than 125,713 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). René Barjavel is the 3,431st most popular writer (down from 3,140th in 2019), the 3,512th most popular biography from France (down from 3,175th in 2019) and the 446th most popular French Writer.

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  • 130k

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  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, René Barjavel ranks 3,431 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabrielle Roy, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Alexander Sumarokov, Bing Xin, Mikhail Prishvin, and Natallia Arsiennieva. After him are Erik Gustaf Geijer, Nobuko Yoshiya, Booker T. Washington, Betty Mahmoody, Robert Kerr, and Alberto Savinio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, René Barjavel ranks 164. Before him are Aliya bint Ali, Brunhilde Pomsel, Roy Rogers, Terry-Thomas, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Wolfgang Larrazábal. After him are Guy Burgess, Yang Jiang, Tarō Okamoto, Xiao Hong, Broderick Crawford, and Otakar Vávra. Among people deceased in 1985, René Barjavel ranks 118. Before him are Salvador Espriu, Francesca Bertini, Iosif Shklovsky, Dmitry Belyayev, Julia Robinson, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. After him are Ernest Nagel, Henry Hansen, Sanjeev Kumar, Margaret Hamilton, Penn Nouth, and Helene Engelmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Barjavel ranks 3,512 out of 6,770. Before him are Christophe Dugarry (1972), François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671), Pierre Nicole (1625), Bernard de Jussieu (1699), Jean Ragnotti (1945), and Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776). After him are Madeleine Renaud (1900), Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans (1714), Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707), Hippolyte Carnot (1801), Jacques-Alain Miller (1944), and Michel Aumont (1936).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, René Barjavel ranks 446. Before him are Alexis Piron (1689), Octave Feuillet (1821), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Jean-François Regnard (1655), Pierre Bec (1921), and Max Aub (1909). After him are Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707), Frédéric Dard (1921), Alain Chartier (1392), Roger Vailland (1907), Bonaventure des Périers (1510), and Léo Malet (1909).

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