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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 44,917 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Brossa is the 2,838th most popular writer (down from 2,748th in 2019), the 923rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 879th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 20

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joan Brossa ranks 2,838 out of 5,755Before him are James A. Michener, Asadi Tusi, Yuli Daniel, Bernhard Grzimek, Thomas Kyd, and Mihály Vörösmarty. After him are Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dracontius, Valery Larbaud, Stanko Vraz, Camilla Collett, and Mircea Cărtărescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joan Brossa ranks 131Before him are Doris Miller, Polina Gelman, Hermann Bondi, Kathleen Freeman, Paul Vanden Boeynants, and Anne Buydens. After him are Isaac Boleslavsky, Werner Goldberg, Lisa Della Casa, Galina Ustvolskaya, Toni Turek, and Tatyana Baramzina. Among people deceased in 1998, Joan Brossa ranks 113Before him are Juan José Nogués, Mancur Olson, Kamala Sohonie, Genrich Altshuller, Beatrice Wood, and Anatoly Rybakov. After him are Olivier Gendebien, Yuri Artyukhin, Lia Manoliu, Hide, Haroun Tazieff, and Sani Abacha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joan Brossa ranks 923 out of 2,932Before him are Luis Arconada (1954), Francisco Herrera the Younger (1622), Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966), and Seve Ballesteros (1957). After him are Domènec Balmanya (1914), Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936), Francesc Cambó (1876), Juan Yagüe (1891), Ferran Olivella (1936), and Bojan Krkić (1990).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joan Brossa ranks 106Before him are Juan Marsé (1933), Pedro Salinas (1891), Luis Cernuda (1902), Ibn Zaydún (1003), Louis of Granada (1504), and José Martínez Ruiz (1873). After him are Joan Maragall (1860), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Almudena Grandes (1960), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), and Robert de Nola (1500).