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Robert Desnos

1900 - 1945

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Robert Desnos (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ dɛsnos]; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Desnos has received more than 314,793 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Desnos is the 1,522nd most popular writer (down from 1,479th in 2019), the 1,744th most popular biography from France (down from 1,658th in 2019) and the 219th most popular French Writer.

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  • 57.48

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Desnos ranks 1,522 out of 5,755. Before him are Jules de Goncourt, Usama ibn Munqidh, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Andal, Margherita Sarfatti, and Giorgio Bassani. After him are Anne Desclos, Ghassan Kanafani, Péter Nádas, P. D. James, Deepak Chopra, and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Robert Desnos ranks 78. Before him are Alfred Newman, Joseph Needham, Wilhelm Rediess, William Heinesen, Helen Hayes, and Eduardo De Filippo. After him are Ernst Neufert, Jean Arthur, Herbert Bayer, Camille Chamoun, Ernst Busch, and Victor Kugler. Among people deceased in 1945, Robert Desnos ranks 119. Before him are Leonid Pasternak, Wolfgang Lüth, Walther Hewel, Mário de Andrade, Bogdan Filov, and Albrecht Penck. After him are Paul Pelliot, Otto Kittel, Else Lasker-Schüler, Le Pétomane, Fritz Klingenberg, and Robert Brasillach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Desnos ranks 1,744 out of 6,011. Before him are Paul Painlevé (1863), Pierre Mendès France (1907), Jan Asselijn (1610), Vincent of Lérins (400), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), and Georges Canguilhem (1904). After him are Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Philippe Leroy (1930), Anne Desclos (1907), Émile Coué (1857), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), and André Jolivet (1905).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Robert Desnos ranks 219. Before him are François de Malherbe (1555), Georges Duhamel (1884), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Raymond Roussel (1877), Jules de Goncourt (1830), and Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800). After him are Anne Desclos (1907), Anna de Noailles (1876), Jean de Meun (1240), Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), and Marcel Aymé (1902).

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