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Étienne Jodelle

1532 - 1573

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Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin (1532 – July 1573), French dramatist and poet, was born and died in Paris of a noble family. Member of La Pléiade, he will strive to revitalize the principles of ancient Greek and Roman theater during the Renaissance. He was the first to introduce the alexandrine into tragedy in his time, notably with Cléopâtre captive, the first tragédie à l'antique, as well as L'Eugène in comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Jodelle has received more than 22,636 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Étienne Jodelle is the 3,362nd most popular writer (down from 2,693rd in 2019), the 3,321st most popular biography from France (down from 2,772nd in 2019) and the 428th most popular French Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Étienne Jodelle ranks 3,362 out of 5,755Before him are Shen Congwen, Robert Chambers, Remigius of Auxerre, Massimo Bontempelli, Per Petterson, and Julius Obsequens. After him are Sturla Þórðarson, Orhan Veli Kanık, Louis Pergaud, Charles Fort, Maurice Paléologue, and Anton Delvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Étienne Jodelle ranks 16Before him are Luís Fróis, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Marino Grimani, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. After him is Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen. Among people deceased in 1573, Étienne Jodelle ranks 17Before him are Malyuta Skuratov, Michel de l'Hôpital, Laurentius Petri, Joachim Beuckelaer, Asakura Yoshikage, and Antun Vrančić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Jodelle ranks 3,321 out of 6,011Before him are Casimir Delavigne (1793), Ousmane Dembélé (1997), Remigius of Auxerre (841), Adolphe Marbot (1781), Henri Queuille (1884), and Georges Marchal (1920). After him are Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Sandrine Bonnaire (1967), Jean Martinon (1910), Louis Pergaud (1882), Georgette Leblanc (1869), and Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé (1628).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Étienne Jodelle ranks 428Before him are Jean-Denis Bredin (1929), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Jean Echenoz (1947), Robert Garnier (1534), Casimir Delavigne (1793), and Remigius of Auxerre (841). After him are Louis Pergaud (1882), Maurice Paléologue (1859), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), Paul Déroulède (1846), Armand Salacrou (1899), and Marc Levy (1961).