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Benito Pérez Galdós

1843 - 1920

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Benito Pérez Galdós (10 May 1843 – 4 January 1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.Pérez Galdós was a prolific writer, publishing 31 major novels, 46 historical novels in five series, 23 plays, and the equivalent of 20 volumes of shorter fiction, journalism and other writings. He remains popular in Spain, and is considered equal to Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benito Pérez Galdós has received more than 295,650 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Benito Pérez Galdós is the 950th most popular writer (down from 940th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Spain (down from 271st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Spanish Writer.

Benito Pérez Galdós is most famous for his novel "Niebla" which is a story about a man who falls in love with a woman who he sees from afar but is never able to speak to her.

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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 6.29

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Benito Pérez Galdós ranks 950 out of 5,755Before him are Etty Hillesum, Aristarchus of Samothrace, Klaus Ebner, Aron Nimzowitsch, Marko Marulić, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov. After him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Eleanor H. Porter, Khaled Hosseini, and Abdulrazak Gurnah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Benito Pérez Galdós ranks 17Before him are Gabriel Tarde, Elisabeth of Wied, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, and Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz. After him are Richard Avenarius, Walther Flemming, Georg von Hertling, Camillo Sitte, Oscar Montelius, and Hermann Schwarz. Among people deceased in 1920, Benito Pérez Galdós ranks 22Before him are Svetozar Boroević, Rosalia Lombardo, John Reed, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Inessa Armand, and Nectarios of Aegina. After him are Eleanor H. Porter, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Venustiano Carranza, Max Klinger, Essad Pasha Toptani, and Otto Gross.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Benito Pérez Galdós ranks 294 out of 2,932Before him are Jesús Franco (1930), George Santayana (1863), Carles Rexach (1947), Luis Enrique (1970), Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), and Carmen Maura (1945). After him are Sigeric (370), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Hisham I of Córdoba (757), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), and Yolande of Aragon (1384).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Benito Pérez Galdós ranks 29Before him are Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Matilde Camus (1919), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), and Abraham Abulafia (1240). After him are Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Prudentius (348), Jorge Semprún (1923), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), and Mercè Rodoreda (1908).