WRITER

Javier Marías

1951 - 2022

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Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White (Corazón tan blanco, 1992) and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, 1994). In addition to his novels, he also published three collections of short stories and various essays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Marías has received more than 447,617 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Javier Marías is the 1,297th most popular writer (up from 1,611th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Spain (up from 568th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

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  • 59.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Los dominios del lobo
1971
Vidas escritas
Authors, Biography
<i>Written Lives</i> is a gallery of mini-bibliographies of twenty great world authors.
1992
All Souls
1992
El Hombre Sentimental
1995
Corazón tan blanco
Fiction, Honeymoons, Spanish fiction
1992
Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí
Fiction, Secrecy
1994

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javier Marías ranks 1,297 out of 7,302. Before him are Alma Reville, Victor Serge, Jakob Wassermann, Alexander Radishchev, Matthew Lewis, and P. G. Wodehouse. After him are A. E. van Vogt, John Tzetzes, Neil Gaiman, Aelius Aristides, Danielle Steel, and Maurice Barrès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Javier Marías ranks 59. Before him are Win Myint, Rob Halford, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Michèle Mouton, and Zdravko Čolić. After him are Chesley Sullenberger, Chris Cooper, Mark Harmon, Karen Allen, Roberto Durán, and Don Rosa. Among people deceased in 2022, Javier Marías ranks 72. Before him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Teresa Berganza, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Klaus Schulze, Boris Pahor, and Cüneyt Arkın. After him are Sidney Altman, Edward C. Prescott, Ruggero Deodato, Frank Drake, David Warner, and Wim Jansen.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Marías ranks 431 out of 3,355. Before him are Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Fruela I of Asturias (722), Egica (610), Hermenegild (564), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli (1540). After him are Suintila (594), Eduardo Chillida (1924), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Marià Fortuny (1838), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), and Julen Lopetegui (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Javier Marías ranks 45. Before him are Fernando Arrabal (1932), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), and Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951). After him are Ildefonsus (607), Joanot Martorell (1415), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), Rafael Alberti (1902), Don Juan Manuel (1282), and Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993).

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