WRITER

Horacio Quiroga

1878 - 1937

Horacio Quiroga

Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (31 December 1878 – 19 February 1937) was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, used the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states, a skill he gleaned from Edgar Allan Poe, according to some critics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horacio Quiroga has received more than 369,792 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Horacio Quiroga is the 1,810th most popular writer (down from 1,673rd in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 25th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Uruguayan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

370k
Page Views (PV)
66.20
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
1.55
Effective Languages (L*)
4.54
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Horacio Quiroga ranks 1,810 out of 5,794. Before him are Ybyrai Altynsarin, Marcel Achard, Methodius of Olympus, Philippe Quinault, Jean Bruller, and Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac. After him are Harold Bloom, Theophylact of Ohrid, Corax of Syracuse, Vasily Shukshin, Alciphron, and Jacopone da Todi.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Ybyrai Altynsarin
1841 - 1889
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,804
Marcel Achard
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,805
Methodius of Olympus
260 - 311
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,806
Philippe Quinault
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,807
Jean Bruller
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,808
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,809
Horacio Quiroga
1878 - 1937
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1,810
Harold Bloom
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1,811
Theophylact of Ohrid
1055 - 1107
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1,812
Corax of Syracuse
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,813
Vasily Shukshin
1929 - 1974
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,814
Alciphron
200 - 200
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,815
Jacopone da Todi
1236 - 1306
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,816

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Horacio Quiroga ranks 63. Before him are Paul Troost, Paul Pelliot, Franz Schreker, Jack Johnson, Eino Leino, and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany. After him are Carl Sandburg, Paul Renner, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, José Miaja, Felix Bernstein, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1937, Horacio Quiroga ranks 55. Before him are Chūya Nakahara, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Walter Simons, Diana Abgar, Keke Geladze, and Iona Yakir. After him are Vincenzo Lancia, Hugo Meisl, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Evgeny Pashukanis, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, and Gabriel Pierné.

Others Born in 1878

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Paul Troost
1878 - 1934
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 57
Paul Pelliot
1878 - 1945
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 58
Franz Schreker
1878 - 1934
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 59
Jack Johnson
1878 - 1946
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 60
Eino Leino
1878 - 1926
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 61
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
1878 - 1957
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 62
Horacio Quiroga
1878 - 1937
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 63
Carl Sandburg
1878 - 1967
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 64
Paul Renner
1878 - 1956
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 65
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
1878 - 1940
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 66
José Miaja
1878 - 1958
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 67
Felix Bernstein
1878 - 1956
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 68
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1878 - 1942
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 69