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Willem Elsschot

1882 - 1960

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Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot (pronounced [ˈʋɪləm ˈɛlsxɔt]). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Elsschot has received more than 56,648 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Elsschot is the 4,455th most popular writer (down from 4,064th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 509th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 57k

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  • 47.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Willem Elsschot ranks 4,455 out of 5,755. Before him are Christopher Priest, Hilde Domin, Marilyn French, René Depestre, Yann Martel, and Zaharia Stancu. After him are Émile Souvestre, James Dashner, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Eliška Krásnohorská, Kedarnath Singh, and Mahmoud Dowlatabadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Willem Elsschot ranks 192. Before him are Elisabeth Abegg, Margaret Dumont, George Bancroft, Ernestas Galvanauskas, Ivan Olbracht, and Edmund Dulac. After him are Jim Lightbody, Aleksander Skrzyński, Richard Johansson, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Seán T. O'Kelly, and Karel Domin. Among people deceased in 1960, Willem Elsschot ranks 143. Before him are Frank Elmore Ross, Harold Spencer Jones, Gregorio Marañón, Antal Szalay, Pedro Arispe, and Arthur Benjamin. After him are Lewis Sheldon, Ettore Chimeri, René Maran, Arthur Meighen, Jamil Mardam Bey, and Oscar Pettiford.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Willem Elsschot ranks 546 out of 1,019. Before him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jean Dockx (1941), Arthur De Greef (1862), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Kim Clijsters (1983), and Walter Meeuws (1951). After him are Johan Museeuw (1965), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Gérard Leman (1851), Nicolas Hoydonckx (1900), Emiel Puttemans (1947), and Bob Benny (1926).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Willem Elsschot ranks 33. Before him are Simon Leys (1935), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Camille Lemonnier (1844), Félicien Marceau (1913), Georges Eekhoud (1854), and Suzanne Lilar (1901). After him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan van Beers (1821), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), and Jacob van Maerlant (1235).

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