WRITER

Joanot Martorell

1415 - 1465

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Joanot Martorell (Valencian: [dʒuaˈnɔd maɾtoˈɾeʎ]; c. 1410 – 1465) was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel Tirant lo Blanch, written in Catalan/Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the literature in Catalan language and it played a major role in influencing later writers such as Miguel de Cervantes, who, in the book burning scene of Don Quixote, says "I swear to you, my friend, this (Tirant lo Blanch) is the best book of its kind in the world". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joanot Martorell has received more than 77,213 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Joanot Martorell is the 1,371st most popular writer (down from 1,328th in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from Spain (down from 434th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tirante El Blanco
1995
Tirante El Blanco / Tirant Lo Blanc
Tirante Il Bian / co Valorosissimo Ca / valiere: Nelqvale Contien / si del principio della caualeria : del stato, & vfficio suo: / del' essamine, che debbe esser fatto al gentile, e ge / neroso huomo, che dell' ordine di caualeria de- / corar si vuole: e come dee esser fatto il vero / Caualiere: della significatione dell' arme, / cosi offensiue, come difensiue: e quali ar- / ti e costumi appartēgono al nobil Ca / ualiere: e dell'honore, delquale è / degno d'essere honorato: con / la morte di Abrain Re, e Si- / gnore della grā Canaria,/ a rotta delle sue gēti. Di / lingua Spagnola nel / lo idioma nostro / per Messer Le lio di Man / fredi tra / dotto. / Nuouamente posto in luce: e con ac / curata diligentia castigato / Nissuno ardisca la presente opera sotto il Domini / dell'Eccelsa Signoria di Vinegia stampa- / re, ne in altri luoghi stampata ven- / dere, sotto la pena, che / nel priuilegio se / contiene
1538
Tirante El Blanco (Narrativas Algar)
Tirant lo Blanch
Catalan literature, Translations into Spanish, Fiction
1904
Histoire du vaillant chevalier Tiran le Blanc
1737
Tirant lo Blanch
Catalan literature, Translations into Spanish, Fiction
1490
Tirant lo Blanc
2005
Tirant lo Blanc
Fiction, general
1969
Tirant lo Blanc
2005
Tirant lo Blanc
Criticism and interpretation
1990

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joanot Martorell ranks 1,371 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn al-Nadim, Joachim Fest, Thomas Moore, Ildefonsus, Émile Gaboriau, and Hartmann Schedel. After him are Hartmann von Aue, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Rex Stout, Robert Wilson, Seymour Hersh, and Viktor Suvorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1415, Joanot Martorell ranks 7. Before him are Piero della Francesca, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Dieric Bouts, Vasily II of Moscow, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and Jan Długosz. After him are John Argyropoulos, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Albert van Ouwater, Aristotele Fioravanti, John II, Count of Nevers, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia. Among people deceased in 1465, Joanot Martorell ranks 5. Before him are Charles, Duke of Orléans, Thomas Palaiologos, Louis, Duke of Savoy, and Isabella of Bourbon. After him are Isabella of Clermont, and Abd al-Haqq II.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joanot Martorell ranks 470 out of 3,355. Before him are Anne Hidalgo (1959), Quini (1949), Liuva I (550), Ildefonsus (607), Rafael Moneo (1937), and Diego, Prince of Asturias (1575). After him are Hasdai ibn Shaprut (910), Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1283), Galswintha (540), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), and Eleanor of Navarre (1426).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joanot Martorell ranks 47. Before him are Rosalía de Castro (1837), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Javier Marías (1951), and Ildefonsus (607). After him are Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), Rafael Alberti (1902), Don Juan Manuel (1282), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Ibn al-Khatib (1313), and Juan Goytisolo (1931).

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