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Alfonso Sastre

1926 - 2021

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Alfonso Sastre (20 February 1926 – 17 September 2021) was a Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was an outspoken critic of censorship during the reign of General Francisco Franco and the ensuing political regime arising from the 1978 Constitution altogether. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso Sastre has received more than 31,087 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Sastre is the 5,138th most popular writer (down from 2,393rd in 2019), the 1,598th most popular biography from Spain (down from 798th in 2019) and the 185th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfonso Sastre ranks 5,138 out of 7,302. Before him are Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Harold Russell, Louella Parsons, Margita Figuli, Albert Mol, and Joe Eszterhas. After him are Walter M. Miller Jr., Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Riccardo Bacchelli, Virgilio Piñera, Cornelia Sorabji, and Gjorgji Abadžiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alfonso Sastre ranks 371. Before him are Metaksia Simonyan, Pedro Dellacha, Ray McAnally, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Giovanni Viola. After him are David Tudor, Fred Ramdat Misier, Rino Ferrario, Gu Chaohao, Lucien Sève, and Heikki Hasu. Among people deceased in 2021, Alfonso Sastre ranks 426. Before him are Lawrence Weiner, Hryhorii Chapkis, Norberto Boggio, John Polkinghorne, Tony Trabert, and Adrián Campos. After him are Michael Nesmith, Martin Turnovský, Antón García Abril, Edward Babiuch, Eusébio Scheid, and Walter Taibo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso Sastre ranks 1,598 out of 3,355. Before him are Rafaela Aparicio (1906), Adrián Campos (1960), Julio Caro Baroja (1914), Nando González (1921), Luis Alcoriza (1918), and Ana Botella (1953). After him are Félix Sánchez Bas (1975), Antonio Cubillo (1930), Eduardo Noriega (1973), Agustín García-Gasco Vicente (1931), Julia Gutiérrez Caba (1932), and Javier Cámara (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Alfonso Sastre ranks 185. Before him are Ángel Ganivet (1865), León Felipe (1884), Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), María Teresa León (1903), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), and Juan de Mena (1411). After him are José María de Pereda (1833), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), Gabriel Miró (1879), Carme Riera (1948), Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851), and Antonio Gamoneda (1931).

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