WRITER

Francisco Umbral

1932 - 2007

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Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez (11 May 1932 – 28 August 2007), better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Umbral has received more than 65,360 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Umbral is the 4,349th most popular writer (down from 4,002nd in 2019), the 1,352nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,215th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 49.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francisco Umbral ranks 4,349 out of 7,302Before him are William Thoms, Adela Zamudio, Dương Thu Hương, Ladislav Fuks, Daniil Granin, and Castro Alves. After him are Louis Hémon, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Nélida Piñon, Reinhard Bonnke, Giovanni Arpino, and Ippolito Nievo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Francisco Umbral ranks 291Before him are Otis Davis, Antonio Roma, Sígfrid Gràcia, Marc Fumaroli, Atef Ebeid, and Kenneth Appel. After him are Maria Itkina, Robert Taylor, Hans van Manen, Donald Kagan, Raymond Kaelbel, and Aleksandr Belyavsky. Among people deceased in 2007, Francisco Umbral ranks 232Before him are Tammy Faye Messner, Hallgeir Brenden, Bruno Ruffo, Helmut Senekowitsch, Klausjürgen Wussow, and Milan Jelić. After him are Aloísio Lorscheider, Frane Matošić, Bert Bolin, Yang Chuan-kwang, Raymond Kaelbel, and Maurice Boitel.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Umbral ranks 1,352 out of 3,355Before him are Francisco Ascaso (1901), Rodrigo Rato (1949), Ruperto Chapí (1851), Rafael Lesmes (1926), Pedro Pardo de Cela (1420), and Mario Casas (1986). After him are Fernando de Santiago (1910), Dani Pedrosa (1985), Manuel José Quintana (1772), Vicente Espinel (1550), Manuel Machado (1874), and Alfonso Guerra (1940).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Francisco Umbral ranks 152Before him are José Cadalso (1741), Carolina Coronado (1820), Almudena Grandes (1960), Carmen de Burgos (1867), Txillardegi (1929), and Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579). After him are Manuel José Quintana (1772), Vicente Espinel (1550), Manuel Machado (1874), Gerardo Diego (1896), Félix María de Samaniego (1745), and Jesús Moncada (1941).