WRITER

Diego Durán

1537 - 1588

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Diego Durán (c. 1537 – 1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, The History of the Indies of New Spain, a book that was much criticised in his lifetime for helping the "heathen" maintain their culture.Also known as the Durán Codex, The History of the Indies of New Spain was completed in about 1581. Durán also wrote Book of the Gods and Rites (1574–1576), and Ancient Calendar (c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Durán has received more than 136,383 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Diego Durán is the 4,016th most popular writer (down from 3,313th in 2019), the 1,279th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 145th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Historia de las Indias de Nueva-España y islas de Tierra Firme
History, Antiquities, Indians of Mexico
"Beautiful presentation of the illustrations from Durán's well-known work. Editor's introduction presents a brief physical description of the illustrations, as well as a biography of Durán and his work, but high quality reproductions of the illustrations themselves, along with descriptive captions, dominate the work"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
1867
Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la Tierra Firme
Antiquities, Aztecs, Facsimiles
1967
Ritos y fiestas de los antiguos mexicanos
Aztecs, Religion, Aztec mythology
1980
The history of the Indies of New Spain
Social life and customs, Aztecs, History
1994
The Aztecs
History, Aztecs, Social life and customs
Covers the entire Historia de las Indias but does not include the books dedicated to rites and the calendar.
1900
Book of the gods and rites and The ancient calendar
Indians of Mexico, Aztec calendar, Aztec calendar. 0
1900

Page views of Diego Duráns by language

Over the past year Diego Durán has had the most page views in the with 18,317 views, followed by Spanish (9,394), and French (2,049). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (87.39%), Latin (77.36%), and Esperanto (65.47%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Diego Durán ranks 4,016 out of 7,302. Before him are Melissa Mathison, Lloyd Alexander, Amir Hamzah, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Michael Morpurgo, and Kim Sowol. After him are Otto Ludwig, Ricardo Palma, Lajos Bíró, Ludvík Vaculík, Eno Raud, and Syd Field.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1537, Diego Durán ranks 12. Before him are Petrus Gonsalvus, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Simon I of Kartli, Francesco Barozzi, and Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg.  Among people deceased in 1588, Diego Durán ranks 20. Before him are Valentin Weigel, Plautilla Nelli, Louis of Granada, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Giorgio Biandrata, and Nicolás Monardes.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego Durán ranks 1,279 out of 3,355. Before him are Marco Asensio (1996), Valentín González (1904), Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956), Agustín Gaínza (1922), Sergi Roberto (1992), and Ariadna Gil (1969). After him are Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950), José Cadalso (1741), Pedro de Felipe (1944), Juan García Oliver (1901), Segismundo Moret (1833), and Joaquín (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Diego Durán ranks 145. Before him are Josefina Pla (1903), Gloria Fuertes (1917), Alejandro Casona (1903), Joan Alcover (1854), Lope de Rueda (1500), and Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956). After him are José Cadalso (1741), Carolina Coronado (1820), Almudena Grandes (1960), Carmen de Burgos (1867), Txillardegi (1929), and Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579).

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