WRITER

Ana Maria Machado

1941 - Today

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Ana Maria Machado (born 24 December 1941) is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ana Maria Machado has received more than 66,834 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ana Maria Machado is the 4,084th most popular writer (down from 3,708th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 340th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 67k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ana Maria Machado ranks 4,084 out of 7,302. Before her are Apollon Maykov, Hervé Guibert, Ryhor Baradulin, Maurice Genevoix, Lina Sandell, and Alexander Kazbegi. After her are Karel Píč, Arkady Averchenko, İbrahim Şinasi, Saadat Hasan Manto, James Krüss, and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ana Maria Machado ranks 334. Before her are Jessica Walter, Ulf Merbold, Beatrice Tinsley, Martine Beswick, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Kornel Morawiecki. After her are Christopher Hogwood, Alla Kushnir, Richard Martin West, Charlotte Stewart, Bas van Fraassen, and Hank Marvin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ana Maria Machado ranks 423 out of 2,236. Before her are Roque Júnior (1976), Alex (1977), Euclides da Cunha (1866), George Kobayashi (1947), Paulo Autuori (1956), and Rodolpho Barteczko (1910). After her are Tarcísio Meira (1935), Amílcar Barbuy (1893), Niginho (1912), Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Abel Braga (1952), and Fernandinho (1985).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Ana Maria Machado ranks 18. Before her are Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Rubem Fonseca (1925), José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), and Oswald de Andrade (1890). After her are Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Castro Alves (1847), Nélida Piñon (1937), Gregório de Matos (1636), and Rachel de Queiroz (1910).

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