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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. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginie Despentes has received more than 458,263 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Virginie Despentes is the 3,964th most popular writer (up from 4,510th in 2019), the 3,883rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,012th in 2019) and the 490th most popular French Writer.

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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Virginie Despentes ranks 3,964 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 3,883 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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