WRITER

Joan Brossa

1919 - 1998

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Joan Brossa (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam ˈbɾɔsə]; 19 January 1919 – 30 December 1998) was a Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote only in the Catalan language. He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set (1948) and one of the leading early proponents of visual poetry in Catalan literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Brossa has received more than 47,985 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Joan Brossa is the 3,209th most popular writer (down from 2,827th in 2019), the 1,063rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 923rd in 2019) and the 117th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joan Brossa ranks 3,209 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Carroll, Maria Wirtemberska, Peter Benchley, Imre Madách, Adam of Saint Victor, and Corippus. After him are Lady Caroline Lamb, Nodira, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Ephraim Chambers, and André Aciman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joan Brossa ranks 151. Before him are I. K. Gujral, Kathleen Freeman, Billy Vaughn, Robert Stack, Ota Šik, and Adamantios Androutsopoulos. After him are Maurice Hilleman, Dan O'Herlihy, Mariano Martín, Merce Cunningham, Tamara Toumanova, and Hermann Bondi. Among people deceased in 1998, Joan Brossa ranks 131. Before him are Samuel Eilenberg, Keisuke Kinoshita, Qian Zhongshu, Nazim al-Qudsi, Norberto Méndez, and Antonio Saura. After him are Lev Dyomin, Chatichai Choonhavan, E. G. Marshall, Mariano Martín, Victor Papanek, and Régine Pernoud.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joan Brossa ranks 1,063 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Míchel Salgado (1975), Julieta Serrano (1933), Santi Cazorla (1984), José Coronado (1957), and Mariana Pineda (1804). After him are Pascual Cervera y Topete (1839), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), Julio Romero de Torres (1874), Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398), and Juan Zambudio Velasco (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joan Brossa ranks 117. Before him are Joan Maragall (1860), Pedro Salinas (1891), Ignacio Ramonet (1943), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), Robert de Nola (1500), and Ildefonso Falcones (1959). After him are Ramón Chao (1935), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Salvador Espriu (1913), Enrique Vila-Matas (1948), Carmen Laforet (1921), and Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886).

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