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Garcilaso de la Vega

1501 - 1536

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Garcilaso de la Vega, KOS (c. 1501 – 14 October 1536) was a Spanish soldier and poet. Although not the first or the only one to do so, he was the most influential poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garcilaso de la Vega has received more than 33,380 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Garcilaso de la Vega is the 1,081st most popular writer (down from 958th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Spain (down from 299th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Spanish Writer.

Garcilaso de la Vega was a Spanish poet who is most famous for his book "Comentarios Reales" which is an account of the conquest of Peru.

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  • 33k

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  • 66.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 1,081 out of 7,302. Before him are Pu Songling, Charles Péguy, John Malalas, Jean Giono, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. After him are Nikolay Nekrasov, John Berger, Roberto Bolaño, Ivan Cankar, Dylan Thomas, and Ruy González de Clavijo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 5. Before him are Anne Boleyn, Gerolamo Cardano, Pope Marcellus II, and Isabella of Austria. After him are Bairam Khan, Queen Munjeong, Yi Hwang, Leonhart Fuchs, Sahib I Giray, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, and Ivan Susanin. Among people deceased in 1536, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 10. Before him are Catherine of Aragon, Baldassare Peruzzi, Germaine of Foix, William Tyndale, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and Francis III, Duke of Brittany. After him are John of Leiden, Cecilia Gallerani, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Gil Vicente, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Gonzalo Guerrero.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 356 out of 3,355. Before him are Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), Sancho III of Castile (1134), Ricardo Bofill (1939), Al-Bakri (1014), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), and Queen Letizia of Spain (1972). After him are Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), José Sanjurjo (1872), Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), and Gonzalo Pizarro (1510).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 36. Before him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Prudentius (348), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), and Benito Pérez Galdós (1843). After him are Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Rosalía de Castro (1837), and Mercè Rodoreda (1908).

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