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Carlos Drummond de Andrade

1902 - 1987

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Carlos Drummond de Andrade (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁluz dɾuˈmõ dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadʒi]) (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his widely influential poem "Canção Amiga" ("Friendly Song") has been featured on the 50-cruzado novo bill. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Drummond de Andrade has received more than 216,596 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Carlos Drummond de Andrade is the 2,630th most popular writer (down from 2,504th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carlos Drummond de Andrade ranks 2,630 out of 5,755. Before him are Juan Gelman, Duris of Samos, Mickey Spillane, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Jeremias Gotthelf, and Yasushi Inoue. After him are Takuboku Ishikawa, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, Joseph Delaney, and Ibn Kemal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Carlos Drummond de Andrade ranks 133. Before him are Princess Françoise of Orléans, Oscar Cullmann, Andrew Irvine, K. Shivaram Karanth, Anthony Asquith, and Panteleimon Ponomarenko. After him are Regina Jonas, Fuad Chehab, Józef Maria Bocheński, Dutch Schultz, Josef Krips, and Luis Cernuda. Among people deceased in 1987, Carlos Drummond de Andrade ranks 100. Before him are Yves Allégret, Gustav Fröhlich, Alejandro Scopelli, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Claudio Villa, and Stanisław Szukalski. After him are Asim Ferhatović, Hermann Lang, Georges Franju, Edgar P. Jacobs, James Tiptree Jr., and Alessandro Blasetti.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carlos Drummond de Andrade ranks 205 out of 2,067. Before him are Carlos Chagas (1879), Lúcio (1978), Alexandre Pato (1989), Carlos Kaiser (1963), Rodrigo Santoro (1975), and Nilo Peçanha (1867). After him are Rubens de Falco (1931), Wilson da Silva Piazza (1943), Hulk (1986), Regina Duarte (1947), Friaça (1924), and César Sampaio (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Carlos Drummond de Andrade ranks 11. Before him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), Carlos Marighella (1911), and João Guimarães Rosa (1908). After him are José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), and Ana Maria Machado (1941).

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