WRITER

Tomi Ungerer

1931 - 2019

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Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmi ˈʊŋəʁɐ] ; 28 November 1931 – 9 February 2019) was a French artist and writer from Alsace (a French region on the French/German border). He published over 140 books ranging from children's books to adult works and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He was known for sharp social satire and witty aphorisms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomi Ungerer has received more than 278,835 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Tomi Ungerer is the 1,482nd most popular writer (down from 1,374th in 2019), the 1,716th most popular biography from France (down from 1,573rd in 2019) and the 214th most popular French Writer.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

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  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tomi Ungerer ranks 1,482 out of 7,302. Before him are René Char, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Gottfried August Bürger, Guido Adler, and Ono no Komachi. After him are Avienus, Adam de la Halle, Thoinot Arbeau, Allen Carr, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, and Lord Alfred Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Tomi Ungerer ranks 91. Before him are Thorvald Stoltenberg, Sergio Sebastiani, Nikolai Chernykh, Johnny Kitagawa, Anthony de Mello, and Samir Amin. After him are Jack Swigert, John Charles, Juan Goytisolo, Mike Nichols, Angie Dickinson, and Lamberto Dini. Among people deceased in 2019, Tomi Ungerer ranks 87. Before him are Lee Iacocca, Šaban Šaulić, Roger Etchegaray, Alan García, Johnny Kitagawa, and Yukiya Amano. After him are Jonas Mekas, Köbi Kuhn, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Valery Bykovsky, Valentina Cortese, and Rafi Eitan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Tomi Ungerer ranks 1,716 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Francis Jammes (1868), William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), René Char (1907), and Guy Mollet (1905). After him are Alain Cuny (1908), Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Adam de la Halle (1245), and Fernand Cormon (1845).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Tomi Ungerer ranks 214. Before him are Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Tristan Corbière (1845), Jacques Cazotte (1719), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Francis Jammes (1868), and René Char (1907). After him are Adam de la Halle (1245), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Georges Duhamel (1884), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Henry de Montherlant (1895), and Louise Labé (1524).

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