WRITER

René Maran

1887 - 1960

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René Maran (5 November 1887 – 9 May 1960) was a French poet and novelist, and the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt (in 1921). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Maran has received more than 56,898 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. René Maran is the 5,045th most popular writer (down from 4,541st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Martinique (down from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le livre de la brousse
1934
Batouala
1922
Batouala
Fiction, Banda (African people), Villages
1922
Batouala
Villages, Fiction, Fiction, general
1938
Batouala.
1921
Le livre du souvenir
1958

Among WRITERS

Among writers, René Maran ranks 5,045 out of 7,302. Before him are João Cabral de Melo Neto, Adolf Born, Steven Pressfield, Karolina Světlá, Han Yong-un, and Chris Van Allsburg. After him are Jean Aicard, Walter J. Ong, Peter S. Beagle, Naomi Klein, Mahmud Taymur, and Arvid August Afzelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, René Maran ranks 220. Before him are Jakob van Hoddis, Boris Kostić, Sid Kimpton, Karl Johan Svensson, Albert Paris Gütersloh, and David Keilin. After him are Martín Luis Guzmán, Guðjón Samúelsson, Jacob L. Devers, Rudolph Schindler, Victor d'Arcy, and Carl Ebert. Among people deceased in 1960, René Maran ranks 175. Before him are Gregorio Marañón, Charles Delporte, Agustín Sancho, Virginia Bolten, Georgi Kyoseivanov, and Lya Mara. After him are Ángel Cabrera, Vicente Piera, Vladimir Dimitrov, Oscar Pettiford, Alexandre Lippmann, and Diana Barrymore.

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In Martinique

Among people born in Martinique, René Maran ranks 7 out of 26. Before him are Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760), Frantz Fanon (1925), Aimé Césaire (1913), Édouard Glissant (1928), Karine Jean-Pierre (1974), and Gérard Janvion (1953). After him are Patrick Chamoiseau (1953), Euzhan Palcy (1958), Wendie Renard (1990), Allen Chastanet (1960), Joël Abati (1970), and Cédric Sorhaindo (1984).

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Among WRITERS In Martinique

Among writers born in Martinique, René Maran ranks 4. Before him are Frantz Fanon (1925), Aimé Césaire (1913), and Édouard Glissant (1928). After him are Patrick Chamoiseau (1953).

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