WRITER

Roland Topor

1938 - 1997

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Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish-Jewish origin. His parents were Jewish émigrés from Warsaw, Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Topor has received more than 276,093 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Topor is the 1,259th most popular writer (up from 1,284th in 2019), the 1,424th most popular biography from France (up from 1,491st in 2019) and the 179th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Portrait en pied de Suzanne
1978
Topor
Exhibitions, French Drawing, Surrealism
1974
The Tenant
Fiction, Men, Psychology
1966
Joko fête son anniversaire
1969
Roland Topor
Exhibitions
1972
La Princesse Angine
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roland Topor ranks 1,259 out of 7,302. Before him are Claudio Magris, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Irving Stone, Bâkî, Alexander Afanasyev, and Clive Cussler. After him are Jan Kochanowski, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Ichiyō Higuchi, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Cosmas of Prague, and Lu Yu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Roland Topor ranks 87. Before him are David Irving, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Elliott Gould, Terence Stamp, Tereza Kesovija, and Leonardo Boff. After him are J. J. Cale, Ricardo Lagos, Nabih Berri, Ryōji Noyori, Phil Knight, and Giuliano Amato. Among people deceased in 1997, Roland Topor ranks 59. Before him are Charles Brenton Huggins, Bulat Okudzhava, Friedrich Hund, Stéphane Grappelli, Masaru Ibuka, and Colonel Tom Parker. After him are Georg Solti, Gerda Christian, Narciso Yepes, Yuri Nikulin, Marco Ferreri, and Barbara.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roland Topor ranks 1,424 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Benedict of Aniane (750), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Armand Peugeot (1849), and Pierre Cambronne (1770). After him are Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), La Voisin (1640), James Tissot (1836), Marie de Rohan (1600), Pierre Puget (1620), and Jacques Paul Migne (1800).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Roland Topor ranks 179. Before him are Joachim du Bellay (1522), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Roger Caillois (1913), Léo Taxil (1854), Raymond Radiguet (1903), and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711). After him are Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Paul Scarron (1610), Maurice Barrès (1862), Michel Verne (1861), and Blaise de Vigenère (1523).

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