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Javier Cercas

1962 - Today

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Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Cercas has received more than 131,841 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Javier Cercas is the 4,615th most popular writer (down from 4,556th in 2019), the 1,421st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,362nd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javier Cercas ranks 4,615 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl von Holtei, Walter Anderson, Art Buchwald, John Piper, Ronald Knox, and Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan. After him are Peter Carey, Gordon Willis, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Gonçalves Dias, Anita Loos, and Agnes Miegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Javier Cercas ranks 223. Before him are Mikhail Mizintsev, Predrag Bjelac, Rosamund Kwan, Jon Stewart, Ikililou Dhoinine, and Katsuhiro Kusaki. After him are Henny Meijer, Georges Grün, José Cura, Alexey Miller, Hunter Tylo, and Domènec Torrent.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 1,421 out of 3,355. Before him are Martín Marculeta (1907), María de Zayas (1590), Juan Hilario Marrero (1905), García López de Cárdenas (1500), Humfrid (null), and Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito (1754). After him are Antonia San Juan (1961), Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832), Juan de Homedes (1477), José Luis Panizo (1922), Mario Camus (1935), and José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa (1743).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 163. Before him are Félix María de Samaniego (1745), Jesús Moncada (1941), Terenci Moix (1942), Quim Monzó (1952), Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), and María de Zayas (1590). After him are Paco Ignacio Taibo II (1949), Juan José Millás (1946), Eduardo Pondal (1835), Rosa Sensat (1873), Juan de la Cueva (1543), and Yann Martel (1963).

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