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Enrique Jardiel Poncela

1901 - 1952

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Enrique Jardiel Poncela (15 October 1901 – 18 February 1952) was a Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works. In 1932-33 and 1934 he was called to Hollywood to help with the Spanish-language versions shot in parallel to the English-language films. His daughter, Evangelina, wrote a book entitled, Mi padre (My Father). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enrique Jardiel Poncela has received more than 59,972 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Enrique Jardiel Poncela is the 5,495th most popular writer (down from 4,962nd in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,500th in 2019) and the 194th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 5,495 out of 7,302. Before him are Bruno Heller, Boris Lavrenyov, Gabriele Kuby, Antonine Maillet, Guerra Junqueiro, and Amy Tan. After him are Francis Marion Crawford, Kjell Westö, Jacques Audiberti, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Julia Balbilla, and Christian Lassen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 281. Before him are Marieluise Fleißer, László Németh, Hanns Seidel, Paolo Mazza, Ivan Petrovsky, and James Dunn. After him are Paul Fix, Joseph De Combe, Åke Borg, Mark Oliphant, Whittaker Chambers, and Endre Steiner. Among people deceased in 1952, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 155. Before him are Forest Ray Moulton, Miina Sillanpää, Aleksandr Andronov, Jack Conway, Concepción Aleixandre, and Francis Pegahmagabow. After him are Frances Benjamin Johnston, Susan Peters, Fartein Valen, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Jack Parsons, and August Alle.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 1,715 out of 3,355. Before him are Julia Navarro (1953), Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (1944), María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (1949), Fernando Martín Espina (1962), Jaime Lorente (1991), and Joaquín Sánchez de Toca (1852). After him are Muhammad VII of Granada (1370), Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900), Álvaro Odriozola (1995), Antonio Mercero (1936), Javier de Burgos (1778), and Koldo (1970).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 194. Before him are Gabriel Miró (1879), Carme Riera (1948), Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851), Antonio Gamoneda (1931), Luis Rosales (1910), and Julia Navarro (1953). After him are Blas de Otero (1916), Elvira Lindo (1962), Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), Manuel Rivas (1957), José Manuel Caballero (1926), and Miguel Mihura (1905).

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