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Gonzalo de Berceo

1197 - 1264

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Gonzalo de Berceo (c. 1197 – before 1264) was a Castilian Spanish poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, written in a style of verse which has been called Mester de Clerecía, shared with more secular productions such as the Libro de Alexandre, the Libro de Apolonio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gonzalo de Berceo has received more than 51,927 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gonzalo de Berceo is the 3,077th most popular writer (down from 2,857th in 2019), the 985th most popular biography from Spain (down from 907th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Spanish Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gonzalo de Berceo ranks 3,077 out of 5,755. Before him are Yulian Semyonov, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Jorge Guillén, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, and Fumiko Hayashi. After him are Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, John Stott, Edvard Radzinsky, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, René Daumal, and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1197, Gonzalo de Berceo ranks 11. Before him are Mafalda of Portugal, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Agnes of Assisi, Yolanda of Courtenay, Nikephoros Blemmydes, and Yusuf II, Almohad caliph. After him is Richard of Chichester. Among people deceased in 1264, Gonzalo de Berceo ranks 8. Before him are Daniel of Galicia, Vincent of Beauvais, Emperor Lizong, Treniota, Rostislav Mikhailovich, and Andrey II of Vladimir.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gonzalo de Berceo ranks 985 out of 2,932. Before him are Juan Fernández (1536), Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), Alberto Iglesias (1955), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), and Jorge Guillén (1893). After him are Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936), Paco Ibáñez (1934), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Agustín de Betancourt (1758), Ángel María Villar (1950), and Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Gonzalo de Berceo ranks 115. Before him are Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Almudena Grandes (1960), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Robert de Nola (1500), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), and Jorge Guillén (1893). After him are Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Ignacio Ramonet (1943), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), and Salvador Espriu (1913).

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