WRITER

Roger Vailland

1907 - 1965

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Roger Vailland (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe vajɑ̃]; 16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Vailland has received more than 35,230 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Roger Vailland is the 3,488th most popular writer (up from 3,502nd in 2019), the 3,543rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,426th in 2019) and the 450th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roger Vailland ranks 3,488 out of 7,302. Before him are John Boyne, Orhan Veli Kanık, Jurij Brězan, Hiratsuka Raichō, Gary Snyder, and Andrejs Pumpurs. After him are Immanuel Velikovsky, Tim Krabbé, Justus Jonas, Jonathan Littell, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, and Jeff Lindsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Roger Vailland ranks 183. Before him are Abraham Joshua Heschel, Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, James M. Gavin, Sukhdev Thapar, and Benny Carter. After him are Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Paul Magloire, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Edwige Feuillère, Fritz Szepan, and Germaine Tillion. Among people deceased in 1965, Roger Vailland ranks 110. Before him are Edward R. Murrow, Clemente Micara, John Kitzmiller, Georges Vantongerloo, Judy Holliday, and Laureano Gómez. After him are Ludwik Rajchman, Edgar Ende, Ramón Gil, Johannes Bobrowski, Adlai Stevenson II, and Bob King.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Vailland ranks 3,543 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Érik Comas (1963), Guillaume Faye (1949), Roland Dumas (1922), and Eremburga of Maine (1096). After him are Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Bonaventure des Périers (1510), Wan Hu (1510), Anny Duperey (1947), François Habeneck (1781), and Jacques Aved (1702).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Roger Vailland ranks 450. Before him are Pierre Bec (1921), Max Aub (1909), René Barjavel (1911), Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707), Frédéric Dard (1921), and Alain Chartier (1392). After him are Bonaventure des Périers (1510), Léo Malet (1909), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), Remigius of Auxerre (841), and Anna Gavalda (1970).

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