WRITER

Gregório de Matos

1636 - 1696

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Gregório de Matos e Guerra (December 23, 1636 – November 26, 1696) was a famous Portuguese Baroque poet from Colonial Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregório de Matos has received more than 44,374 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Gregório de Matos is the 4,491st most popular writer (down from 4,366th in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 458th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 44k

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  • 49.03

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

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  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poemas escolhidos
Poems
Criticism and interpretation, Poetry
Poemas Escolhidos de Gregório de Matos
Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista
Gregório de Matos
Criticism and interpretation
Crônica Do Viver Baiano Seiscentista (Ilustrado)
Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista
Poemas Escolhidos de Gregório de Matos

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gregório de Matos ranks 4,491 out of 7,302Before him are El-Registan, Reginald Rose, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Walter Savage Landor, Florian Ceynowa, and Jorge Edwards. After him are François le Métel de Boisrobert, Agnieszka Osiecka, Jesús Moncada, Hranush Arshagyan, Yashpal, and Olga Orozco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Gregório de Matos ranks 15Before him are Libéral Bruant, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, and Edward Colston. After him are Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Justine Siegemund, and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1696, Gregório de Matos ranks 17Before him are Murad Giray, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Shi Lang, Jean Domat, Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, and Jean Richer. After him is Wacław Potocki.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Gregório de Matos ranks 483 out of 2,236Before him are Miranda (1984), José Perácio (1917), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Leonel Brizola (1922), Aílton (1973), and Valdeir Vieira (1944). After him are Jaú (1909), Ricardo Ferretti (1954), Chico Landi (1907), Cacau (1981), Manga (1937), and Odilo Scherer (1949).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Gregório de Matos ranks 23Before him are Oswald de Andrade (1890), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Castro Alves (1847), and Nélida Piñon (1937). After him are Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), and Olavo Bilac (1865).