1903 - 1965
Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alejandro Casona has received more than 57,703 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alejandro Casona is the 3,741st most popular writer (down from 3,379th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,026th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Spanish Writer.
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Among writers, Alejandro Casona ranks 3,741 out of 5,755. Before him are Luigi Alamanni, Enrique Vila-Matas, David Baldacci, Natallia Arsiennieva, Anne Hébert, and Juana de Ibarbourou. After him are Sandra Brown, Ugo Betti, Edgar Hilsenrath, Arundhati Roy, Said Akl, and Norman Manea.
1495 - 1556
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,735
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,736
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,737
1903 - 1997
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,738
1916 - 2000
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,739
1892 - 1979
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,740
1903 - 1965
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,741
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,742
1892 - 1953
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,743
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,744
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,745
1911 - 2014
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,746
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,747
Among people born in 1903, Alejandro Casona ranks 191. Before him are Ward Bond, Julio Antonio Mella, Vincent Richards, Graham Sutherland, Natallia Arsiennieva, and Claude Dauphin. After him are Cyril Jackson, Yashpal, Ivan Galamian, Nathanael West, Wage Rudolf Supratman, and Adolph Gottlieb. Among people deceased in 1965, Alejandro Casona ranks 115. Before him are Roger Vailland, Johannes Bobrowski, Edward R. Murrow, Harry Crerar, Henry Cowell, and Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues. After him are Julius Skutnabb, Philip Showalter Hench, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Viola Desmond, Aldo Nadi, and Adlai Stevenson II.
1903 - 1960
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 185
1903 - 1929
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 186
1903 - 1959
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 187
1903 - 1980
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 188
1903 - 1997
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 189
1903 - 1978
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 190
1903 - 1965
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 191
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 192
1903 - 1976
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 193
1903 - 1981
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 194
1903 - 1940
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 195
1903 - 1938
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 196
1903 - 1974
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 197
1907 - 1965
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 109
1917 - 1965
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 110
1908 - 1965
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 111
1888 - 1965
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 112
1897 - 1965
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 113
1892 - 1965
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 114
1903 - 1965
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 115
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 116
1896 - 1965
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 117
1912 - 1965
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 118
1914 - 1965
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 119
1899 - 1965
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 120
1900 - 1965
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 121
Among people born in Spain, Alejandro Casona ranks 1,149 out of 2,932. Before him are Lope de Rueda (1500), Adama Traoré (1996), Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), Jesús Navas (1985), and Enrique Vila-Matas (1948). After him are Luis Miró (1913), José Cadalso (1741), Julio Jiménez (1934), Javi Martínez (1988), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), and María Blanchard (1881).
1500 - 1565
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 1,143
1996 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 1,144
1824 - 1901
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 1,145
1824 - 1905
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1,146
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1,147
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 1,148
1903 - 1965
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 1,149
1913 - 1991
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 1,150
1741 - 1782
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 1,151
1934 - 2022
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 1,152
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 1,153
1916 - 2000
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 1,154
1881 - 1932
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 1,155
Among writers born in Spain, Alejandro Casona ranks 140. Before him are Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), Gloria Fuertes (1917), Lope de Rueda (1500), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), and Enrique Vila-Matas (1948). After him are José Cadalso (1741), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Manuel José Quintana (1772), Joan Alcover (1854), Manuel Machado (1874), and Cerverí de Girona (1259).
1856 - 1912
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 134
1910 - 1999
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 135
1917 - 1998
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 136
1500 - 1565
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 137
1824 - 1905
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 138
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 139
1903 - 1965
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 140
1741 - 1782
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 141
1916 - 2000
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 142
1772 - 1857
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 143
1854 - 1926
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 144
1874 - 1947
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 145
1259 - 1285
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 146