WRITER

Graciliano Ramos

1892 - 1953

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Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɾasiliˈɐ̃nu ˈʁɐ̃muz dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ]) (October 27, 1892 – March 20, 1953) was a Brazilian modernist writer, politician and journalist. He is known worldwide for his portrayal of the precarious situation of the poor inhabitants of the Brazilian sertão in his novel Vidas secas. His characters are complex, nuanced, and tend to have pessimistic world views, from which Ramos deals with topics such as the lust for power (the main theme in São Bernardo), misogyny (a key point in Angústia), and infidelity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graciliano Ramos has received more than 86,947 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Graciliano Ramos is the 4,764th most popular writer, the 537th most popular biography from Brazil and the 27th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Graciliano Ramos ranks 4,764 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward James, Milo Yiannopoulos, Hans Werner Richter, Zeruya Shalev, Sue Grafton, and Mikhail Kheraskov. After him are R. J. Palacio, Dun Karm Psaila, Peter Scholl-Latour, Abdulla Shaig, Richard Wagner, and Susan Brownmiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Graciliano Ramos ranks 218. Before him are Alexander Chervyakov, Grigory Shajn, Wendell Willkie, Walter Bathe, Vilmos Apor, and Gerhard Rohlfs. After him are Jaan Kikkas, Milena Rudnytska, Werner Bergengruen, Aleksandra Beļcova, Cuno Hoffmeister, and Mississippi John Hurt. Among people deceased in 1953, Graciliano Ramos ranks 133. Before him are Grzegorz Fitelberg, Delfo Bellini, Carl Scarborough, James J. Jeffries, Jonathan M. Wainwright, and Maria Andreyeva. After him are Alwin Mittasch, Florence R. Sabin, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Francis Ford, Emil Filla, and Leslie Graham.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Graciliano Ramos ranks 537 out of 2,236. Before him are Roberto Emílio da Cunha (1912), Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis (1973), Jurandir de Freitas (1940), Jô Soares (1938), Rui Campos (1922), and Eduardo da Silva (1983). After him are Hércules de Miranda (1912), Flávio Conceição (1974), Fausto dos Santos (1905), Edivaldo Martins Fonseca (1962), Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1943), and Jô (1987).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Graciliano Ramos ranks 27. Before him are Castro Alves (1847), Nélida Piñon (1937), Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Gonçalves Dias (1823), and Manuel Bandeira (1886). After him are Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Olavo Bilac (1865), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), and João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941).

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