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Henri Barbusse, an Uncommon card
Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Henri Barbusse quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Henri Barbusse card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Barbusse is considered one of the ______ French writers of 1910–1939 who mingled the war memories with moral and political meditations.
Answer
important. Barbusse is considered one of the important French writers of 1910–1939 who mingled the war memories with moral and political meditations. From the Henri Barbusse article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Charge. Charge 33,000 · 2025 Campania regional election 24,000 · Henri Barbusse 15,000 · Franco-Tahitian War 9,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He began his literary career in the 1890s as a Symbolist poet and continued as a neo-Naturalist novelist, in 1916, he published Under Fire, a novel about World War I based on his experience which is described as one of the earliest works of the Lost Generation movement or as the work which started it, the novel had a major impact on the later writers of the movement, namely on Ernest Hemingway…
- Barbusse is considered one of the important French writers of 1910–1939 who mingled the war memories with moral and political meditations.
- Before World War I, Barbusse was a pacifist, but in 1914, he volunteered for wartime service and was awarded the Croix de guerre, during the war, he was influenced by the Communists and came to the belief that a Revolution against the imperialist governments would be the only quick way to end the war and to deal with militarism and reaction.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Henri Barbusse article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Henri Barbusse (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Labor Defender, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
