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César Vallejo

1892 - 1938

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César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of César Vallejo has received more than 377,915 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). César Vallejo is the 1,397th most popular writer (up from 1,446th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Peru (up from 27th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Peruvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, César Vallejo ranks 1,397 out of 7,302. Before him are Robin Hobb, Magda Szabó, Dnyaneshwar, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Pehr Henrik Ling, and Fulcher of Chartres. After him are Sima Xiangru, Siegfried Lenz, Robert Bloch, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Korney Chukovsky, and Kâtip Çelebi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, César Vallejo ranks 72. Before him are Alfonsina Storni, Marcel Dassault, Edith Södergran, Mikhail Gurevich, Germaine Tailleferre, and S. R. Ranganathan. After him are Günther Blumentritt, Andrés Nin Pérez, Basil Rathbone, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Kang Pan-sok, and Harry Stack Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1938, César Vallejo ranks 54. Before him are Nikolay Krestinsky, Robert Wiene, Alfonsina Storni, Mary Mallon, Joseph Bédier, and Aleksandr Kuprin. After him are Francis Jammes, Leo Frobenius, Ödön von Horváth, Alexandru Averescu, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, and Axel Paulsen.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, César Vallejo ranks 25 out of 287. Before him are Viracocha Inca (1310), Teófilo Cubillas (1949), Abimael Guzmán (1934), Hilda Gadea (1925), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), and Túpac Huallpa (1510). After him are Alan García (1949), Titu Cusi (1535), Sinchi Roca (1230), Inca Roca (1350), Dina Boluarte (1962), and Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, César Vallejo ranks 5. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), Carlos Castaneda (1925), and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539). After him are Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and Alfredo Bryce (1939).

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