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Alejandro Casona

1903 - 1965

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Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (23 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 60,915 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alejandro Casona is the 3,951st most popular writer (down from 3,728th in 2019), the 1,259th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 141st most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 20

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  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alejandro Casona ranks 3,951 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuri Rytkheu, Anton Delvig, Léon-Paul Fargue, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Gloria Fuertes, and Paruyr Sevak. After him are Zofia Nałkowska, Philippa Gregory, Susanna Kaysen, Bahram Beyzai, Pauline Kael, and Nevil Shute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Alejandro Casona ranks 198. Before him are Germán Busch, Rafael Paasio, Dean Jagger, Ferdinand Adams, Nico Diederichs, and Josefina Pla. After him are Theo Lingen, Mary Norton, Domingo Tarasconi, Morgan Taylor, Nils Ramm, and Nancy Carroll. Among people deceased in 1965, Alejandro Casona ranks 121. Before him are Adlai Stevenson II, Bob King, Joseph Grew, Mae Murray, Arthur Holmes, and Vladimir Gardin. After him are Karl Allmendinger, Albert Gutterson, Julius Skutnabb, Nancy Carroll, Amílcar Barbuy, and Henry Cowell.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alejandro Casona ranks 1,259 out of 3,355. Before him are Sergi López (1965), Josefina Pla (1903), Paul Naschy (1934), Benito Floro (1952), Gloria Fuertes (1917), and Arturo Soria y Mata (1844). After him are Carlos Moyá (1976), Diego Gelmírez (1069), Joan Alcover (1854), Lope de Rueda (1500), José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), and Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Alejandro Casona ranks 141. Before him are Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), Fernando de Herrera (1534), Josefina Pla (1903), and Gloria Fuertes (1917). After him are Joan Alcover (1854), Lope de Rueda (1500), Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956), Diego Durán (1537), José Cadalso (1741), and Carolina Coronado (1820).

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