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Almudena Grandes

1960 - 2021

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María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Almudena Grandes has received more than 163,558 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Almudena Grandes is the 2,987th most popular writer (up from 4,737th in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,428th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Almudena Grandes ranks 2,987 out of 5,755. Before her are Kamalaśīla, Daniel Guérin, Betty Mahmoody, Ashapurna Devi, Manès Sperber, and Maria Dąbrowska. After her are Mikhail Prishvin, Kir Bulychev, Ella Maillart, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Ernst Wiechert, and Rabia Balkhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Almudena Grandes ranks 122. Before her are Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Jürgen Schult, Elena Mukhina, Phil Taylor, José Maria Neves, and Ersin Tatar. After her are Adam Clayton, Werner Faymann, Oliver Platt, Carlos Mozer, Robin Shou, and Maryam d'Abo. Among people deceased in 2021, Almudena Grandes ranks 288. Before her are Lee Evans, Aleksandar Shalamanov, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Benoît Sokal, Justo Tejada, and Marc Ferro. After her are Jim Steinman, Yevhen Marchuk, Lars Norén, Jaime Lerner, B. J. Thomas, and Marie-Claire Blais.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Almudena Grandes ranks 963 out of 2,932. Before her are Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (984), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Ion Andoni Goikoetxea (1965), Justo Tejada (1933), Juan Alonso (1927), and Juan Zambudio Velasco (1921). After her are Antonio Moreno (1887), Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1170), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875), and Ibn Hayyan (987).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Almudena Grandes ranks 110. Before her are Louis of Granada (1504), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Joan Brossa (1919), Joan Maragall (1860), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null). After her are Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Robert de Nola (1500), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), Jorge Guillén (1893), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), and Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569).

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