WRITER

Joan Alcover

1854 - 1926

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Joan Alcover i Maspons (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan əlkuˈve]; 1854 – 1926): was a Spanish Balearic writer, poet, essayist and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Alcover has received more than 16,877 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Alcover is the 3,962nd most popular writer (down from 3,855th in 2019), the 1,262nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,178th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Page views of Joan Alcovers by language

Over the past year Joan Alcover has had the most page views in the with 5,429 views, followed by Catalan (5,105), and English (1,590). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (50.78%), Ukrainian (49.36%), and Occitan (47.81%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joan Alcover ranks 3,962 out of 7,302Before him are Pauline Kael, Nevil Shute, Mongo Beti, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Irawati Karve, and Simo Matavulj. After him are Virginie Despentes, Adam Naruszewicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Daniel Boulanger, Lope de Rueda, and James Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Joan Alcover ranks 81Before him are Sergei Shchukin, Johan Turi, Jenny Nyström, Jules Gilliéron, Cornelis Lely, and Yehuda Pen. After him are Nikolai Ruzsky, Alexandru Macedonski, L. A. Ring, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Takamine Jōkichi, and Théodore Flournoy. Among people deceased in 1926, Joan Alcover ranks 79Before him are Georg Friedrich Knapp, Israel Zangwill, Jules Gilliéron, Srečko Kosovel, André Gedalge, and Iraj Mirza. After him are Edward Granville Browne, Jenő Károly, Eugene V. Debs, Bessie Coleman, Carl Swartz, and Princess Frederica of Hanover.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joan Alcover ranks 1,262 out of 3,355Before him are Benito Floro (1952), Gloria Fuertes (1917), Arturo Soria y Mata (1844), Alejandro Casona (1903), Carlos Moyá (1976), and Diego Gelmírez (1069). After him are Lope de Rueda (1500), José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790), Pedro Páez (1564), Tete Montoliu (1933), and Manuel García (1805).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joan Alcover ranks 142Before him are Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), Fernando de Herrera (1534), Josefina Pla (1903), Gloria Fuertes (1917), and Alejandro Casona (1903). After him are Lope de Rueda (1500), Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956), Diego Durán (1537), José Cadalso (1741), Carolina Coronado (1820), and Almudena Grandes (1960).