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Guillén de Castro y Bellvis

1569 - 1631

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Guillén de Castro y Mateo (1569 – 28 July 1631) was a Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillén de Castro y Bellvis has received more than 26,744 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Guillén de Castro y Bellvis is the 2,829th most popular writer (up from 3,070th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 987th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 53.43

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

El curioso impertinente
Curioso impertinente
Ingratitud por Amor
Las mocedades del Cid
Drama, Spanish language, Chrestomathies and readers
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Spanish drama
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Drama, Don Quixote (Fictitious character)
Las mocedades del Cid

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis ranks 2,829 out of 7,302Before him are Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Jorge Bucay, R. A. Salvatore, Aeneas Tacticus, Wolfgang Iser, and Louis Couperus. After him are Hitoshi Igarashi, Adam Michnik, Joseph Delaney, John the Lydian, Pierre Grimal, and Ronald Harwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis ranks 11Before him are Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Yodo-dono, Frans Pourbus the Younger, Friedrich Kettler, and Heo Gyun. After him are Antonio Marcello Barberini, Jan Piotr Sapieha, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, Emilia Lanier, and Geoffrey Keating. Among people deceased in 1631, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis ranks 13Before him are Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Michael Maestlin, Federico Borromeo, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, and Katō Yoshiaki. After him are Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, Nicolò Contarini, and Michael Drayton.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis ranks 943 out of 3,355Before him are Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Cernuda (1902), Juan Marsé (1933), Ermengol I, Count of Urgell (1000), Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera (1866), and Jaume Huguet (1412). After him are Bera, Count of Barcelona (770), Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), Bojan Krkić (1990), Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (null), José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones (1898), and Álvaro Morte (1975).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis ranks 99Before him are Àngel Guimerà (1845), Moses ibn Ezra (1060), Juvencus (400), Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Cernuda (1902), and Juan Marsé (1933). After him are Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), Francisco Ayala (1906), Jorge Guillén (1893), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), and Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760).