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Javier Cercas

1962 - Today

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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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  • 120k

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  • 46.74

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javier Cercas ranks 4,571 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Javier Cercas ranks 219Before 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.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 1,365 out of 2,932Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 171Before 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).