WRITER

Fernando Arrabal

1932 - Today

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Fernando Arrabal Terán (born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Arrabal has received more than 210,454 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Fernando Arrabal is the 1,094th most popular writer (up from 1,136th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Spain (up from 366th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Spanish Writer.

Fernando Arrabal is most famous for being a Spanish playwright and author. He was born in Melilla, a Spanish city in North Africa. He is most well known for his work as a playwright.

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  • 210k

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  • 66.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fernando Arrabal ranks 1,094 out of 7,302Before him are E. M. Forster, Joseph Karo, Nathalie Sarraute, Pierre Louÿs, Dositej Obradović, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki. After him are Michael Connelly, Jean Moréas, Alfred Brehm, Cees Nooteboom, Yosano Akiko, and John William Polidori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Fernando Arrabal ranks 78Before him are Pier Angeli, Sonny Liston, Vladimir Ivashko, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Marisa Pavan. After him are Gyula Horn, John Updike, Lalo Schifrin, Emmanuelle Arsan, Alan Bean, and Petula Clark.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fernando Arrabal ranks 360 out of 3,355Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), José Sanjurjo (1872), and Joseph Karo (1488). After him are Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Juana Enríquez (1425), José María Aznar (1953), Fernando Torres (1984), and Bernardino de Sahagún (1499).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Fernando Arrabal ranks 39Before him are Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), and Joseph Karo (1488). After him are Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), and Javier Marías (1951).