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WRITER

Violette Leduc

1907 - 1972

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Violette Leduc (7 April 1907 – 28 May 1972) was a French writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Violette Leduc has received more than 183,994 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Violette Leduc is the 2,026th most popular writer (up from 2,449th in 2019), the 2,292nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,571st in 2019) and the 289th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Violette Leduc ranks 2,026 out of 5,755Before her are Philip Sidney, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Nordahl Grieg, Jacques Amyot, Honoré d'Urfé, and Ana María Matute. After her are Annie Proulx, Tomé Pires, John W. Campbell, Georg Heym, Doppo Kunikida, and D. R. Bendre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Violette Leduc ranks 113Before her are Fay Wray, Tino Rossi, Maurice Couve de Murville, Sabahattin Ali, Bruno Munari, and Frithjof Schuon. After her are Takeo Miki, Enrique Líster, Ayub Khan, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Max Pauly, and Pierre Pflimlin. Among people deceased in 1972, Violette Leduc ranks 77Before her are Frank Knight, Jo Bonnier, Akim Tamiroff, Frans Masereel, Aspasia Manos, and C. W. Ceram. After her are Neilia Hunter Biden, Edgar Snow, Richard Courant, Alfred Schmidt, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, and Ivan Yefremov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Violette Leduc ranks 2,292 out of 6,011Before her are Pierre Henry (1927), Jacques Amyot (1513), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Saint Martial (300), Victorine Meurent (1844), and Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851). After her are Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Benjamin Péret (1899), and Henry Beaufort (1374).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Violette Leduc ranks 289Before her are Pierre Lemaitre (1951), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Jacques Amyot (1513), and Honoré d'Urfé (1567). After her are Benjamin Péret (1899), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Paul Adam (1862), Fred Vargas (1957), Auguste Maquet (1813), and Bernard Palissy (1510).