WRITER

Erico Verissimo

1905 - 1975

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Érico Lopes Verissimo (December 17, 1905 – November 28, 1975) was an important Brazilian writer, born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erico Verissimo has received more than 55,653 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Erico Verissimo is the 5,247th most popular writer (down from 4,621st in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 506th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

O tempo e o vento
1953
Caminhos cruzados
1940
Consider the lilies of the field
Fiction, Fiction, general, Brazil, fiction
1947
Olhai os lírios do campo
1960
Time and the Wind
Fiction, Brazil, fiction, Fiction, historical
1951
O tempo e o vento
1952

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erico Verissimo ranks 5,247 out of 7,302. Before him are Tua Forsström, Katherine Neville, Georg Calixtus, Ahmet Haşim, Thomas Ligotti, and Kim Myeong-sun. After him are William Cullen Bryant, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Thomas Love Peacock, Candace Bushnell, Sara Paretsky, and Jiang Rong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Erico Verissimo ranks 291. Before him are Inger Hagerup, Josef Smistik, Osvald Käpp, Franco Riccardi, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, and Arturo Coddou. After him are Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Frank Hussey, Zakaria Goneim, Arthur Crudup, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, and Erich Borchmeyer. Among people deceased in 1975, Erico Verissimo ranks 209. Before him are Argemiro, Robert Strauss, Tommy Green, Toti Dal Monte, Ali Sastroamidjojo, and Arthur Bliss. After him are Otto Winzer, Thomas Hart Benton, Nils Eriksen, Pyotr Novikov, Andrzej Mostowski, and Alice Catherine Evans.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Erico Verissimo ranks 629 out of 2,236. Before him are Noronha (1918), Márcio Melo (1906), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), Alexandre Levy (1864), Edu Marangon (1963), and Manoelzinho (1907). After him are Gabriel Jesus (1997), Luiz Vinhaes (1896), Paulo Nunes (1971), Cazuza (1958), Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (1965), and Eugênio Sales (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Erico Verissimo ranks 34. Before him are Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Olavo Bilac (1865), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), and João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941). After him are Ferreira Gullar (1930), Casimiro de Abreu (1839), Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862), Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820), Alberto Dines (1932), and João W. Nery (1950).

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