WRITER

Jorge Guillén

1893 - 1984

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Jorge Guillén Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ɣiˈʎen]; 18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic. In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University, which were published in 1961 under the title Language and Poetry: Some Poets of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Guillén has received more than 80,614 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jorge Guillén is the 2,914th most popular writer (up from 3,063rd in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from Spain (up from 983rd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 81k

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  • 53.21

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Cántico
Spanish language materials
1928
Clamor
1957
Cántico
Brazilian poetry
1928
Homenaje
1967
Aire nuestro
Criticism and interpretation
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Guillén ranks 2,914 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Görres, Alfred Kerr, Daniel Varoujan, Anselm Grün, Heinrich von Veldeke, and Dodie Smith. After him are Armand Salacrou, Jean-François Revel, Tony Robbins, Jack Higgins, Tomaž Šalamun, and Albert of Aix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Jorge Guillén ranks 134. Before him are Lajos Czeizler, Jean Acker, Stanisław Szukalski, Ben Hecht, Johannes Dieckmann, and Archduke Leo Karl of Austria. After him are Charlotte Bühler, Louise Weiss, Wilfred Owen, Edna Parker, Heinrich George, and Fatima Jinnah. Among people deceased in 1984, Jorge Guillén ranks 105. Before him are Adam Malik, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Big Mama Thornton, Knut Nordahl, Paul Ben-Haim, and Jüri Lossmann. After him are Sergei Salnikov, Richard E. Bellman, Titus Burckhardt, Giuseppe Colombo, Blagoje Marjanović, and Gino Bianco.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Guillén ranks 967 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Gargallo (1881), Kiti Mánver (1953), Eduardo Dato (1856), Mathieu Orfila (1787), Iñaki Sáez (1943), and Count Theodosius (310). After him are Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Francesc Cambó (1876), Álvaro Arbeloa (1983), Isco (1992), and Felip Pedrell (1841).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jorge Guillén ranks 103. Before him are Luis Cernuda (1902), Juan Marsé (1933), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), and Francisco Ayala (1906). After him are Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Juan Ruiz (1283), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), and Ibn Zaydún (1003).

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