WRITER

Louis Paul Boon

1912 - 1979

Louis Paul Boon

Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism in Flemish. He was also a painter. He is best known for the novels My Little War (1947), the diptych Chapel Road (1953) / Summer in Termuren (1956), Menuet (1955) and Pieter Daens (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Paul Boon is the 4,463rd most popular writer (down from 4,441st in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 577th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Paul Boon ranks 4,463 out of 7,302. Before him are Lloyd Alexander, Oppian, Jan Blahoslav, Molla Vali Vidadi, Stijn Streuvels, and Gervase of Tilbury. After him are Michael Morpurgo, Karel Teige, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Martin Gray, Cemal Süreya, and Marco Girolamo Vida.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Lloyd Alexander
1924 - 2007
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4,457
Oppian
101 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4,458
Jan Blahoslav
1523 - 1571
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4,459
Molla Vali Vidadi
1709 - 1809
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 4,460
Stijn Streuvels
1871 - 1969
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,461
Gervase of Tilbury
1155 - 1234
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,462
Louis Paul Boon
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4,463
Michael Morpurgo
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,464
Karel Teige
1900 - 1951
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,465
Fedir Bohatyrchuk
1892 - 1984
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,466
Martin Gray
1922 - 2016
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 4,467
Cemal Süreya
1931 - 1990
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 4,468
Marco Girolamo Vida
1485 - 1566
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 4,469

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Louis Paul Boon ranks 259. Before him are Maurice Guigue, Jan Brzák-Felix, Silviu Bindea, František Šterc, Melita Norwood, and Paul Meurisse. After him are Léon Damas, Georges Beaucourt, Ted Drake, Iuliu Bodola, Francisco Cabañas, and Tadashi Imai. Among people deceased in 1979, Louis Paul Boon ranks 185. Before him are I. A. Richards, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, Pyotr Gavrilov, Juan Aguilera, Walther Müller, and Paul Meurisse. After him are Mohamed Akid, Stan Kenton, Heinz Erhardt, John Cromwell, Tommaso Landolfi, and Willibald Schmaus.

Others Born in 1912

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Maurice Guigue
REFEREE
1912 - 2011
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 253
Jan Brzák-Felix
ATHLETE
1912 - 1988
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 254
Silviu Bindea
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 255
František Šterc
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1978
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 256
Melita Norwood
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1912 - 2005
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 257
Paul Meurisse
ACTOR
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 258
Louis Paul Boon
WRITER
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 259
Léon Damas
WRITER
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 260
Georges Beaucourt
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 2002
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 261
Ted Drake
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1995
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 262
Iuliu Bodola
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 263
Francisco Cabañas
BOXER
1912 - 2002
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 264
Tadashi Imai
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 1991
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 265

Others Deceased in 1979

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I. A. Richards
WRITER
1893 - 1979
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 179
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1979
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 180
Pyotr Gavrilov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1979
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 181
Juan Aguilera
SOCCER PLAYER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 182
Walther Müller
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1979
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 183
Paul Meurisse
ACTOR
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 184
Louis Paul Boon
WRITER
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 185
Mohamed Akid
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - 1979
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 186
Stan Kenton
MUSICIAN
1911 - 1979
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 187
Heinz Erhardt
ACTOR
1909 - 1979
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 188
John Cromwell
FILM DIRECTOR
1886 - 1979
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 189
Tommaso Landolfi
WRITER
1908 - 1979
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 190
Willibald Schmaus
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 191