WRITER

Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao

1886 - 1950

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Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao (30 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós. He was also one of the founders and president of the Galicianist Party and had a great influence on the renovating group of Galician art known as Os renovadores. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao has received more than 69,965 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao is the 3,383rd most popular writer (down from 3,311th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,051st in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao ranks 3,383 out of 7,302. Before him are Philotheus of Pskov, Mykola Khvylovy, George the Hagiorite, Herman Grimm, Oswald de Andrade, and Boris Polevoy. After him are Armen Ohanian, Jean Effel, William Hope Hodgson, Mika Antić, Charles Lamb, and Juan Boscán Almogáver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao ranks 164. Before him are Alexander Svanidze, Roberto María Ortiz, Jean Hersholt, Georges Vantongerloo, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, and Rose Wilder Lane. After him are Erich Salomon, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Rudolf Belling, Ion Gigurtu, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, and H.D.. Among people deceased in 1950, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao ranks 98. Before him are Dimitri Uznadze, Sergei Khudyakov, Théodore Steeg, Ryuzo Shimizu, Black Elk, and Aliya bint Ali. After him are Vasily Gordov, Guilhermina Suggia, Joanni Perronet, Arthur L. Newton, Sudirman, and Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao ranks 1,111 out of 3,355. Before him are Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Carmen Laforet (1921), José Manuel Pinto (1975), Seve Ballesteros (1957), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135), and Javier Urruticoechea (1952). After him are Juan Manuel Asensi (1949), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria (1273), Eusebio Sacristán (1964), José María Zárraga (1930), and Andrés Manuel del Río (1764).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao ranks 123. Before him are Joan Brossa (1919), Ramón Chao (1935), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Salvador Espriu (1913), Enrique Vila-Matas (1948), and Carmen Laforet (1921). After him are Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Rosa Montero (1951), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), and Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895).

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