WRITER

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

1910 - 1999

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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester has received more than 84,992 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gonzalo Torrente Ballester is the 3,650th most popular writer (down from 3,616th in 2019), the 1,189th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,125th in 2019) and the 131st most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La saga/fuga de J.B
1972
Don Juan
1963
Teatro español contemporaneo
History and criticism, Spanish drama, Theater
1957
Off-side
1969
Teatro español contemporáneo
Theater, Spanish drama, History and criticism
1957
Fragmentos de Apocalipsis
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 3,650 out of 7,302. Before him are Lillian Hellman, Siegfried Sassoon, Ghada al-Samman, John Ashbery, Felix Timmermans, and Driss Chraïbi. After him are Samih al-Qasim, Otfrid of Weissenburg, Farrukhi Sistani, Ilya Ilf, Johan Herman Wessel, and Firaq Gorakhpuri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 189. Before him are Cahit Arf, Gunter d'Alquen, Jean Martinon, Léon Poliakov, Roy J. Plunkett, and Douglas Bader. After him are Diana Mosley, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Edwin O. Reischauer, Gyula Kállai, Antal Szabó, and Herminio Masantonio. Among people deceased in 1999, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 140. Before him are Ian Bannen, Igor M. Diakonoff, Maxim Munzuk, Louis Boyer, Madeline Kahn, and Umberto Maglioli. After him are František Vláčil, Rudi Glöckner, Alfred Raoul, Harvey Postlethwaite, Richard Kiley, and Ruth Roman.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 1,189 out of 3,355. Before him are Lucas Vázquez (1991), Pacian (310), Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862), Oriol Romeu (1991), Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (1884), and Fernando Trueba (1955). After him are Óscar Domínguez (1906), Víctor Muñoz (1957), Vicente López Portaña (1772), Juan Manuel Lillo (1965), Concepción Arenal (1820), and Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 131. Before him are Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Rosa Montero (1951), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895), and Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862). After him are Concepción Arenal (1820), Lola Anglada (1892), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), and Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824).

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