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Ángel Ganivet

1865 - 1898

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Ángel Ganivet García (13 December 1865 in Granada, Spain – 29 November 1898 in Riga) was a Spanish writer and diplomat. He was considered a precursor to the Generation of '98. On 29 November 1898, disillusioned in love, Ganivet drowned himself in the Daugava River. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ángel Ganivet has received more than 46,811 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ángel Ganivet is the 5,062nd most popular writer (down from 4,503rd in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,342nd in 2019) and the 179th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ángel Ganivet ranks 5,062 out of 7,302Before him are Roger Vercel, Jean Cassou, Kama Sywor Kamanda, Béatrix Beck, José Eustasio Rivera, and Eliza Acton. After him are Stijn Streuvels, Álvares de Azevedo, León Felipe, Edwin Atherstone, Heinrich Laube, and Michael Cristofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Ángel Ganivet ranks 141Before him are Charles Champaud, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Walter Leistikow, William Birdwood, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, and Gustaf Söderström. After him are Johannes Thiele, Vladimir Bogoraz, Hermann Hirt, Édouard Chavannes, Paul Raud, and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin. Among people deceased in 1898, Ángel Ganivet ranks 65Before him are Emil Hartmann, Karl Knies, Ramón Emeterio Betances, Osbert Salvin, Maria Katharina Kasper, and Félix María Zuloaga. After him are John Hopkinson, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, James Hall, Henry Liddell, Wilford Woodruff, and Axel Gudbrand Blytt.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ángel Ganivet ranks 1,566 out of 3,355Before him are Rosalía (1993), Ángel Cabrera (1879), Jesé (1993), José Luis Sampedro (1917), Jean Cassou (1897), and Mariano Díaz (1993). After him are Domingo Perurena (1943), Emilio Sánchez (1965), León Felipe (1884), Luis Milla (1966), María Valverde (1987), and Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ángel Ganivet ranks 179Before him are José Bergamín (1895), Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), Gabriel Aresti (1933), Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), Ramón J. Sender (1901), and Jean Cassou (1897). After him are León Felipe (1884), Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), María Teresa León (1903), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Juan de Mena (1411), and Alfonso Sastre (1926).