WRITER
Augusto Roa Bastos
1917 - 2005
Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos (13 June 1917 – 26 April 2005) was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. He is best known for his complex novel Yo el Supremo (I the Supreme) and for winning the Premio Miguel de Cervantes in 1989, Spanish literature's most prestigious prize. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusto Roa Bastos has received more than 121,099 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Augusto Roa Bastos is the 1,687th most popular writer (down from 1,582nd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Paraguayan Writer.
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120k
Page Views (PV)
56.54
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
41
Languages Editions (L)
3.51
Effective Languages (L*)
4.43
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Augusto Roa Bastos ranks 1,687 out of 5,755. Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Edmond François Valentin About, José de Espronceda, Ibn al-Khatib, Dominique Venner, and Juan Goytisolo. After him are Rodulfus Glaber, Minamoto no Sanetomo, Henri de Régnier, Ödön von Horváth, Branko Ćopić, and François Pierre La Varenne.
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HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,687
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HPI: 56.54
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HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,690
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HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,691
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1915 - 1984
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,692
François Pierre La Varenne
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,693
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1917, Augusto Roa Bastos ranks 98. Before him are Vasily Petrov, Maurice Trintignant, Yigael Yadin, László Szabó, Erich Rudorffer, and Maya Deren. After him are Yukio Tsuda, Kamal Jumblatt, David Easton, Andrew Wyeth, Brad Dexter, and Alexander Schmorell. Among people deceased in 2005, Augusto Roa Bastos ranks 77. Before him are Narriman Sadek, Maurice Trintignant, Vincent Schiavelli, Melita Norwood, Amrish Puri, and Charly Gaul. After him are Álvaro Cunhal, John Garang, Erich Topp, Richard Pryor, Cicely Saunders, and Ed McBain.
Others Born in 1917
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Vasily Petrov
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 92
Maurice Trintignant
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 93
Yigael Yadin
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 94
László Szabó
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 95
Erich Rudorffer
1917 - 2016
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 96
Maya Deren
1917 - 1961
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 97
Augusto Roa Bastos
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 98
Yukio Tsuda
1917 - 1979
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 99
Kamal Jumblatt
1917 - 1977
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 100
David Easton
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 101
Andrew Wyeth
1917 - 2009
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 102
Brad Dexter
1917 - 2002
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 103
Alexander Schmorell
1917 - 1943
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 104
Others Deceased in 2005
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Narriman Sadek
1933 - 2005
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 71
Maurice Trintignant
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 72
Vincent Schiavelli
1948 - 2005
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 73
Melita Norwood
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 74
Amrish Puri
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 75
Charly Gaul
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 76
Augusto Roa Bastos
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 77
Álvaro Cunhal
1913 - 2005
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 78
John Garang
1945 - 2005
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 79
Erich Topp
1914 - 2005
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 80
Richard Pryor
1940 - 2005
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 81
Cicely Saunders
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 82
Ed McBain
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 83
In Paraguay
Among people born in Paraguay, Augusto Roa Bastos ranks 8 out of 167. Before him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Agustín Barrios (1885), Carlos Antonio López (1792), and Fernando Lugo (1951). After him are Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Arsenio Erico (1915), Horacio Cartes (1956), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), and Julio César Romero (1960).
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Francisco Solano López
1827 - 1870
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 2
José Luis Chilavert
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 3
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
1766 - 1840
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4
Agustín Barrios
1885 - 1944
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5
Carlos Antonio López
1792 - 1862
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 6
Fernando Lugo
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 7
Augusto Roa Bastos
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 8
Andrés Rodríguez
1923 - 1997
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 9
Arsenio Erico
1915 - 1977
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 10
Horacio Cartes
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 11
José Félix Estigarribia
1888 - 1940
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 12
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 13
Julio César Romero
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 14
Among WRITERS In Paraguay
Among writers born in Paraguay, Augusto Roa Bastos ranks 1.
