WRITER

Robert Merle

1908 - 2004

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Robert Merle (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ mɛʁl]; 28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Merle has received more than 124,638 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Merle is the 1,105th most popular writer (down from 1,033rd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 34th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Algerian Writer.

Robert Merle is most famous for his historical novels, which are set in the Middle Ages.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Merle ranks 1,105 out of 7,302. Before him are Yosano Akiko, John William Polidori, Leonid Andreyev, Andrei Bely, Bhāsa, and Bernard Cornwell. After him are Hélène Cixous, Claudius Aelianus, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Velimir Khlebnikov, Camilla Collett, and Ethel Voynich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Robert Merle ranks 53. Before him are Józef Gosławski, Victor Ambartsumian, Giovanni Leone, Balthus, Lita Grey, and Victor Weisskopf. After him are Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Rex Harrison, Stéphane Grappelli, Masaru Ibuka, Mercè Rodoreda, and Amintore Fanfani. Among people deceased in 2004, Robert Merle ranks 42. Before him are Fanny Blankers-Koen, Andriyan Nikolayev, John Vane, Theo van Gogh, Charles Sweeney, and Godfrey Hounsfield. After him are Gérard Debreu, Ko Yong-hui, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Herbert C. Brown, Arthur Hailey, and Norberto Bobbio.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Robert Merle ranks 36 out of 213. Before him are Marlène Jobert (1940), Assia Djebar (1936), Edwige Fenech (1948), Chadli Bendjedid (1929), Jacques Attali (1943), and Enrico Macias (1938). After him are Hélène Cixous (1937), Jean-Claude Brialy (1933), Khaled (1960), Micipsa (-200), Priscian (500), and Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (1856).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Robert Merle ranks 5. Before him are Albert Camus (1913), Apuleius (125), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), and Assia Djebar (1936). After him are Hélène Cixous (1937), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Kateb Yacine (1929), Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Al-Busiri (1213), and Mouloud Feraoun (1913).

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