WRITER

Jacinto Benavente

1866 - 1954

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Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacinto Benavente has received more than 165,664 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Jacinto Benavente is the 684th most popular writer (up from 697th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Spain (up from 215th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Jacinto Benavente is most famous for being a Spanish playwright and poet.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Los intereses creados
Criticism and interpretation
1916
Los malhechores del bien
Libros de lectura, Spanish language, Readers
1912
La malquerida
Spanish language, Readers
1921
Plays
1917
Obras completas
1940

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacinto Benavente ranks 684 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernard Gui, André Chénier, Novatian, Phillis Wheatley, Derek Walcott, and Joseph of Anchieta. After him are Claudian, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Kang Youwei, Jean Froissart, Truman Capote, and Bettina von Arnim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Jacinto Benavente ranks 17. Before him are Giovanni Agnelli, Aby Warburg, Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Charles Nicolle, and Ferruccio Busoni. After him are Beatrix Potter, Lev Shestov, Anne Sullivan, Ramsay MacDonald, Nathan Söderblom, and Emilio De Bono. Among people deceased in 1954, Jacinto Benavente ranks 19. Before him are Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Otto Diels, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Dziga Vertov, Maximilian von Weichs, and Andrey Vyshinsky. After him are Léon Jouhaux, Lucien Tesnière, The French Angel, Clemens Krauss, Hannes Meyer, and Martin Andersen Nexø.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jacinto Benavente ranks 208 out of 3,355. Before him are Matilde Camus (1919), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Urraca of León (1081), Alfonso IX of León (1171), and Joseph of Anchieta (1534). After him are Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Alfonso the Battler (1073), Pomponius Mela (15), and Federico Bahamontes (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jacinto Benavente ranks 23. Before him are Columella (4), Leo Africanus (1494), Tirso de Molina (1579), Camilo José Cela (1916), Matilde Camus (1919), and Joseph of Anchieta (1534). After him are Luis de Góngora (1561), Antonio Machado (1875), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Jorge Semprún (1923), Silius Italicus (26), and Abraham Abulafia (1240).

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