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Augusto Boal

1931 - 2009

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Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusto Boal has received more than 483,080 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Augusto Boal is the 1,648th most popular writer (down from 1,641st in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 115th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augusto Boal ranks 1,648 out of 5,755Before him are Philippe de Commines, Petar Zrinski, Eric Carle, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Dick Bruna, and Terry Brooks. After him are Theophylact of Ohrid, Nicander, Lu You, Arnaldur Indriðason, E. E. Cummings, and Andreas Gryphius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Augusto Boal ranks 111Before him are Sri Chinmoy, Luís Cabral, Colin Wilson, Josep Lluís Núñez, Zeki Müren, and Ferenc Mádl. After him are John Charles, Ken Takakura, Ivan Klíma, Masaaki Hatsumi, Juan Goytisolo, and Hiroto Muraoka. Among people deceased in 2009, Augusto Boal ranks 77Before him are Jack Kemp, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, Achille Compagnoni, Merce Cunningham, and Yves Rocher. After him are Pat Hingle, Frank McCourt, Andrew Wyeth, Bea Arthur, Edwin G. Krebs, and Alicia de Larrocha.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Augusto Boal ranks 121 out of 2,067Before him are Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Émerson Leão (1949), Bernardino Machado (1851), and Loalwa Braz (1953). After him are Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Tite (1961), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Edu Coimbra (1947), and Fernando Collor de Mello (1949).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Augusto Boal ranks 8Before him are Jorge Amado (1912), Machado de Assis (1839), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Chico Xavier (1910), and Mário de Andrade (1893). After him are Carlos Marighella (1911), João Guimarães Rosa (1908), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), and Oswald de Andrade (1890).