WRITER

Virginie Despentes

1969 - Today

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Virginie Despentes (French: [viʁ.ʒi.ni de.pɑ̃t]; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginie Despentes has received more than 403,991 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Virginie Despentes is the 3,963rd most popular writer (up from 4,510th in 2019), the 3,882nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,012th in 2019) and the 490th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

King Kong théorie
Biographies, Écrivaines françaises
2006
Teen Spirit
2002
Les jolies choses
1998
Bye bye Blondie
2004
Baise-moi
Literature
1999
King Kong Theory
French Authors, Biography, Feminism
2010

Page views of Virginie Despentes by language

Over the past year Virginie Despentes has had the most page views in the with 245,649 views, followed by English (52,238), and Spanish (42,153). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (223.82%), Swedish (140.68%), and Malagasy (87.67%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Virginie Despentes ranks 3,963 out of 7,302. Before her are Nevil Shute, Mongo Beti, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Irawati Karve, Simo Matavulj, and Joan Alcover. After her are Adam Naruszewicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Daniel Boulanger, Lope de Rueda, James Allen, and Joan Aiken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Virginie Despentes ranks 141. Before her are Cesar Millan, Ayelet Zurer, Valeri Karpin, Verne Troyer, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, and Nancy Kerrigan. After her are Brian Krause, Dexter Jackson, Adela Noriega, Ariadna Gil, Timothy D. Snyder, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

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In France

Among people born in France, Virginie Despentes ranks 3,882 out of 6,770. Before her are Pierre Poujade (1920), Paul Taffanel (1844), Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817), Michael Vartan (1968), Charles Laval (1862), and Georgette Leblanc (1869). After her are Lambert I of Nantes (796), Robert, Count of Mortain (1031), Daniel Boulanger (1922), Hervé Faye (1814), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), and Victor Massé (1822).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Virginie Despentes ranks 490. Before her are Thomas Murner (1475), Maurice Scève (1501), Jean Desmarets (1595), Pierre Jean Jouve (1887), Jakob Abbadie (1654), and Léon-Paul Fargue (1876). After her are Daniel Boulanger (1922), Jane Dieulafoy (1851), Abel Bonnard (1883), Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau (1850), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), and Gabrielle Wittkop (1920).

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