WRITER

Florbela Espanca

1894 - 1930

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Florbela Espanca (Portuguese: [floɾˈβɛlɐ ɨʃˈpɐ̃kɐ]; born Flor Bela d'Alma da Conceição, 8 December 1894 – 8 December 1930) was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florbela Espanca has received more than 89,607 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Florbela Espanca is the 4,288th most popular writer (down from 3,965th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 276th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Portuguese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 90k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Obras completas de Florbela Espanca
1985
As máscaras do destino
Short stories.
Florbela Espanca's first posthumous book and first book of short stories.
1931
Poems
Portuguese Sonnets
1946
Livro de "soror saudade"
Lyrik, Portugiesisch, poesia
2012
Sonetos
1978
Livro de Mágoas
2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Florbela Espanca ranks 4,288 out of 7,302. Before her are Txillardegi, William Boyd, Jakob Hurt, Benoîte Groult, Leopold Staff, and Veijo Meri. After her are Ibrahim Tuqan, Maeve Binchy, Gervase of Tilbury, Iwan Bloch, William Trevor, and František Langer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Florbela Espanca ranks 178. Before her are Yakov Frenkel, Henryk Sławik, Edwin Linkomies, Jack Benny, Surya Sen, and Esfir Shub. After her are Paul Hörbiger, Viorica Ursuleac, Francis Hunter, Arkady Fiedler, Krešimir Baranović, and Tay Garnett. Among people deceased in 1930, Florbela Espanca ranks 91. Before her are Albert von Le Coq, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Prosper-René Blondlot, Max Valier, Aleksandr Golovin, and Henri Jobier. After her are Walther Reinhardt, Laura Muntz Lyall, Henry Dudeney, Vladan Đorđević, Launceston Elliot, and Bill Holland.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Florbela Espanca ranks 312 out of 633. Before her are Miguel Corte-Real (1448), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Fernando Chalana (1959), António Manoel de Vilhena (1663), João Moutinho (1986), and Elisa Ferreira (1955). After her are Rui Patrício (1988), Ricardo Sá Pinto (1972), Raul Meireles (1983), Estácio de Sá (1520), Pedro Santana Lopes (1956), and James of Portugal (1433).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Florbela Espanca ranks 28. Before her are Jorge de Montemor (1520), António Ferreira (1528), Christopher Hampton (1946), Antero de Quental (1842), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765). After her are Eugénio de Andrade (1923), Manuel Alegre (1936), Natália Correia (1923), Ferreira de Castro (1898), José Luandino Vieira (1935), and Tomás António Gonzaga (1744).

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