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Ciro Alegría

1909 - 1967

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Ciro Alegría Bazán (November 4, 1909 – February 17, 1967) was a Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ciro Alegría has received more than 62,789 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ciro Alegría is the 4,215th most popular writer (down from 3,732nd in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Peru (down from 67th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Peruvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ciro Alegría ranks 4,215 out of 5,755. Before him are Horst Bienek, Bei Dao, Curt Siodmak, Norman Smith, Alain de Botton, and Mary Stewart. After him are Catherine Millet, Fran Lebowitz, Tanith Lee, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Andrej Sládkovič, and E. E. Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ciro Alegría ranks 228. Before him are Mario Pizziolo, Severino Minelli, Eugenio Garin, Petras Cvirka, Adalbert Deșu, and Claude Chevalley. After him are David Murray, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Luiz Luz, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Beb Bakhuys, and Zellig Harris. Among people deceased in 1967, Ciro Alegría ranks 174. Before him are Ann Sheridan, Väinö Kokkinen, Fatima Jinnah, Henry J. Kaiser, Eddie Tolan, and Jaromír Weinberger. After him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin, Gerhard Ritter, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Jean Alexandre Barré, Gigi Meroni, and Francis Spellman.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Ciro Alegría ranks 79 out of 232. Before him are Ricardo Palma (1833), Alex Olmedo (1936), Juan Diego Flórez (1973), Mario de las Casas (1905), Nicolás de Piérola (1839), and Mario Testino (1954). After him are Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780), Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826), Alberto Vargas (1896), Alberto Gallardo (1940), José Pardo y Barreda (1864), and Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Ciro Alegría ranks 10. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José María Arguedas (1911), and Ricardo Palma (1833). After him are Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), José Santos Chocano (1875), and Jaime Bayly (1965).

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