WRITER

Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

1535 - 1615

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Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – after 1616), also known as Huamán Poma or Waman Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish Empire after their conquest of Peru. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala has received more than 210,514 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is the 1,906th most popular writer (down from 1,860th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Peru (up from 37th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Peruvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

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  • 56.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The first new chronicle and good government
Incas, Social life and customs, Indians of South America
2006
El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno
2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 1,906 out of 7,302. Before him are José de Espronceda, Voltairine de Cleyre, Erinna, Khushal Khattak, Joseph Addison, and Christopher Robin Milne. After him are Viktor Barna, Ruan Ji, György Konrád, Clark Ashton Smith, Moschus, and Eiji Tsuburaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 15. Before him are Catherine Stenbock, Titu Cusi, Luis de Molina, Martin Frobisher, Frans Hogenberg, and Sayri Túpac. After him are Marcantonio Colonna, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Lucas van Valckenborch, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, and Klaus Fleming. Among people deceased in 1615, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 11. Before him are Giambattista della Porta, Dom Justo Takayama, Heo Jun, Yodo-dono, Virginia de' Medici, and Claudio Acquaviva. After him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Pieter Both, Sō Yoshitoshi, Marcantonio Memmo, Adriaan van Roomen, and Lady Arbella Stuart.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 36 out of 287. Before him are Dina Boluarte (1962), Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910), Yawar Waqaq (1380), Sayri Túpac (1535), Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928), and Alejandro Toledo (1946). After him are Lloque Yupanqui (1260), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Mayta Cápac (1290), Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921), and Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala ranks 6. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), and César Vallejo (1892). After him are José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and Alfredo Bryce (1939).

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