1962 - Today
Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of El País and the Sunday supplement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Cercas has received more than 116,776 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Javier Cercas is the 4,571st most popular writer (down from 4,514th in 2019), the 1,365th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,339th in 2019) and the 171st most popular Spanish Writer.
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Among writers, Javier Cercas ranks 4,571 out of 5,755. Before him are Brian Lumley, Joe Eszterhas, Michel Déon, Ludwig Thoma, Ndre Mjeda, and Svetlana Velmar-Janković. After him are Roy Jacobsen, Ludwig Bechstein, Hiromi Kawakami, Richard Powers, David Weber, and Hans Nielsen Hauge.
1937 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,565
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,566
1919 - 2016
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,567
1867 - 1921
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,568
1866 - 1937
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,569
1933 - 2014
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,570
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,571
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,572
1801 - 1860
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,573
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,574
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,575
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,576
1771 - 1824
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,577
Among people born in 1962, Javier Cercas ranks 219. Before him are Ulisses Correia e Silva, Alison Arngrim, Ikililou Dhoinine, Marc Cherry, Colin Salmon, and Branko Đurić. After him are Ulf Timmermann, Max Raabe, Lian Ross, Hana Mandlíková, Viola Amherd, and Masakazu Katsura.
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 213
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 214
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 215
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 216
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 217
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 218
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 219
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 220
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 221
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 222
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 223
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 224
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 225
Among people born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 1,365 out of 2,932. Before him are José Luis Sampedro (1917), Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916), Amadeo García (1887), Leonardo Cilaurren (1912), Antón García Abril (1933), and Vicente Trueba (1905). After him are Julián Marías (1914), Andrés Palop (1973), Isabel Pantoja (1956), Juan de la Cueva (1543), Ahmed Hassan (1975), and Juan de Mena (1411).
1917 - 2013
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 1,359
1916 - 2006
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 1,360
1887 - 1947
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 1,361
1912 - 1969
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 1,362
1933 - 2021
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 1,363
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 1,364
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 1,365
1914 - 2005
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 1,366
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 1,367
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 1,368
1543 - 1612
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 1,369
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 1,370
1411 - 1456
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 1,371
Among writers born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 171. Before him are Eduardo Pondal (1835), Yann Martel (1963), Carmen de Burgos (1867), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Ángel Ganivet (1865), and Enric Valor i Vives (1911). After him are Juan de la Cueva (1543), Juan de Mena (1411), León Felipe (1884), Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), Terenci Moix (1942), and Joseba Sarrionandia (1958).
1835 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 165
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 166
1867 - 1932
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 167
1901 - 1982
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 168
1865 - 1898
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 169
1911 - 2000
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 170
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 171
1543 - 1612
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 172
1411 - 1456
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 173
1884 - 1968
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 174
1880 - 1962
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 175
1942 - 2003
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 176
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 177