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Dámaso Alonso

1898 - 1990

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Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dámaso Alonso has received more than 62,419 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Dámaso Alonso is the 3,285th most popular writer (down from 3,175th in 2019), the 1,082nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,017th in 2019) and the 119th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La lengua poética de Góngora
1935
Góngora y el "Polifemo."
1961
Hijos de la ira
1946
Cuatro poetas españoles
1962
Estudios y ensayos gongorinos
Góngora y Argote, Luis de, 1561-1627, Criticism and interpretation
1955

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dámaso Alonso ranks 3,285 out of 7,302. Before him are Wallace Stevens, Mahmoud Shabestari, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Licinius Macer Calvus, Juan Fernández de Heredia, and Lucius Cornelius Sisenna. After him are Douglas Preston, Eugène Burnouf, Malak Hifni Nasif, Bernard Maris, Idries Shah, and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Dámaso Alonso ranks 134. Before him are Ada Blackjack, Walther von Hünersdorff, Leopold Okulicki, Pavel Urysohn, Helen B. Taussig, and Erich Bey. After him are Anthony McAuliffe, Luís Carlos Prestes, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Mikhail Koshkin, Hisamuddin of Selangor, and Mikhail Koltsov. Among people deceased in 1990, Dámaso Alonso ranks 130. Before him are Paul Ariste, Otto Ambros, Kelly Johnson, Pierre Musy, David Stirling, and José Napoleón Duarte. After him are Jorge Bolet, Julijans Vaivods, Luís Carlos Prestes, Štefan Čambal, Rodolfo Orlandini, and Xu Xiangqian.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Dámaso Alonso ranks 1,082 out of 3,355. Before him are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Ramón Chao (1935), Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515), Francisco López de Gómara (1511), Juan de Mariana (1536), and Jorge Oteiza (1908). After him are Fernando Savater (1947), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), Jesús Garay (1930), Ciriaco Errasti (1904), Francisco Herrera the Younger (1622), and José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Dámaso Alonso ranks 119. Before him are Ignacio Ramonet (1943), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), Robert de Nola (1500), Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Joan Brossa (1919), and Ramón Chao (1935). After him are Salvador Espriu (1913), Enrique Vila-Matas (1948), Carmen Laforet (1921), Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791).

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