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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 154,983 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacinto Benavente is the 698th most popular writer (up from 819th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Spain (up from 238th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Writer.

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

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacinto Benavente ranks 698 out of 5,755Before him are Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Władysław Reymont, Ursula K. Le Guin, Neal Cassady, Berossus, and Carlos Fuentes. After him are Dashiell Hammett, Jean Froissart, Arto Paasilinna, John Dos Passos, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Jacinto Benavente ranks 16Before him are Beatrix Potter, Aby Warburg, Giovanni Agnelli, Hans von Seeckt, Ferruccio Busoni, and Aleksandr Ulyanov. After him are Anne Sullivan, Charles Nicolle, Ramsay MacDonald, Emilio De Bono, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. Among people deceased in 1954, Jacinto Benavente ranks 20Before him are Maximilian von Weichs, Dziga Vertov, Otto Diels, Andrey Vyshinsky, Machine Gun Kelly, and The French Angel. After him are Claude Cahun, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Auguste Perret, Hannes Meyer, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Martin Andersen Nexø.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jacinto Benavente ranks 215 out of 2,932Before him are María Isabella of Spain (1789), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Carmen Amaya (1913), Judah Halevi (1079), Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), and Abraham ibn Ezra (1089). After him are Pomponius Mela (15), Manuel Godoy (1767), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Huneric (450), and Antonio Machado (1875).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jacinto Benavente ranks 21Before him are Tirso de Molina (1579), Camilo José Cela (1916), Leo Africanus (1494), Columella (4), Luis de Góngora (1561), and Judah Halevi (1079). After him are Antonio Machado (1875), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Matilde Camus (1919), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), and Vicente Aleixandre (1898).