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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

1814 - 1873

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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22. Her family moved to Spain in 1836, where she started writing as La Peregrina (The Pilgrim) and lived there until 1859, when she moved back to Cuba with her second husband until his death in 1863, after which she moved back to Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda has received more than 96,713 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda is the 3,756th most popular writer (down from 3,431st in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 76th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Cuban Writer.

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  • 97k

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  • 49.39

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ranks 3,756 out of 5,755Before her are David Brin, Harold Russell, James Krüss, Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, and Yun Seondo. After her are Viktor Yerofeyev, Ron Kovic, Azalais de Porcairagues, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Malak Hifni Nasif, and Arthur Waley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ranks 50Before her are Joseph Hooker, Miklós Ybl, Jules Simon, Daniel Kirkwood, James Paget, and Edmond Frémy. After her are Girolamo de Rada, Johann Georg Halske, Hervé Faye, Gustav Hartlaub, Adolph Tidemand, and Franz Josef Ruprecht. Among people deceased in 1873, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ranks 47Before her are Giovanni Battista Donati, Auguste Couder, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Christopher Hansteen, and Edwin Landseer. After her are Eugène Flachat, Spyridon Trikoupis, Charles Dupin, Caterina Scarpellini, Francis Marrash, and Fyodor Vasilyev.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ranks 87 out of 248Before her are William Levy (1980), Laurel Aitken (1927), Julio Antonio Mella (1903), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Dave Lombardo (1965), and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928). After her are Calixto García (1839), Benny Moré (1919), Aleida Guevara (1960), Manuel Díaz (1874), José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), and Ana Mendieta (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ranks 11Before her are Nicolás Guillén (1902), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), José Lezama Lima (1910), Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), and Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950). After her are José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), Virgilio Piñera (1912), Zoé Valdés (1959), José Carlos Somoza (1959), and Daína Chaviano (1957).