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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 31,969 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Garcilaso de la Vega is the 959th most popular writer (up from 1,219th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Spain (up from 387th in 2019) and the 31st 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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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 959 out of 5,755Before him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Eleanor H. Porter, Khaled Hosseini, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Juan Antonio Villacañas, and E. M. Forster. After him are Ernst Hanfstaengl, Sugawara no Michizane, Richard Matheson, Jean-Claude Carrière, Edogawa Ranpo, and Gnaeus Naevius.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 299 out of 2,932Before him are Carmen Maura (1945), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Sigeric (370), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Hisham I of Córdoba (757), and Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922). After him are Yolande of Aragon (1384), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Wittiza (687), Eusebi Güell (1846), Hisham II (965), and Prudentius (348).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 31Before him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), and Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922). After him are Prudentius (348), Jorge Semprún (1923), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), and Joan Fuster (1922).