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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 56,177 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Enrique Jardiel Poncela is the 4,979th most popular writer (down from 4,488th in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,331st in 2019) and the 186th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 3.32

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 4,979 out of 5,755Before him are Alexander Vostokov, Áron Tamási, Dániel Berzsenyi, Sun Axelsson, Mario Luzi, and Antonio Gamoneda. After him are Bo Goldman, Ivan Dmitriev, Robert Charles Wilson, Klabund, Magdi Allam, and Boris Lavrenyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 251Before him are László Németh, Mark Oliphant, Aleksandr Andronov, František Halas, Modesto Denis, and Paul Yü Pin. After him are Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Åke Borg, Inga Tidblad, James Dunn, Frank Belknap Long, and Erich Rademacher. Among people deceased in 1952, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 140Before him are Antti Tulenheimo, Stafford Cripps, Henriette Roland Holst, Aleksandr Andronov, Sándor Pósta, and Maryse Bastié. After him are Juan Bautista Pérez, Billy Hughes, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Ronald Rawson, and Fartein Valen.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 1,503 out of 2,932Before him are Luis Alcoriza (1918), Carlos Sastre (1975), Eduardo Noriega (1973), Terele Pávez (1939), Sito Pons (1959), and Antonio Gamoneda (1931). After him are Rafaela Aparicio (1906), Juan Bernat (1993), Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1478), Óscar García Junyent (1973), Pasieguito (1925), and Julia Gutiérrez Caba (1932).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Enrique Jardiel Poncela ranks 186Before him are José Bergamín (1895), José Manuel Caballero (1926), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), José María de Pereda (1833), and Antonio Gamoneda (1931). After him are Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), Gabriel Miró (1879), Carme Riera (1948), Julia Navarro (1953), Elvira Lindo (1962), and Xosé María Díaz Castro (1914).