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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 75,995 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jorge Guillén is the 3,074th most popular writer (down from 2,969th in 2019), the 984th most popular biography from Spain (down from 934th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

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  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Guillén ranks 3,074 out of 5,755. Before him are Ioan Slavici, Winston Graham, Hierocles of Alexandria, Yulian Semyonov, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. After him are Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, Fumiko Hayashi, Gonzalo de Berceo, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, John Stott, and Edvard Radzinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Jorge Guillén ranks 139. Before him are Heinrich George, Ralph Linton, José María Velasco Ibarra, Johannes Dieckmann, Huey Long, and Cedric Hardwicke. After him are Wilfred Owen, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Georges Florovsky, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Gyula Breyer, and Lucien Tesnière. Among people deceased in 1984, Jorge Guillén ranks 111. Before him are Paul Ben-Haim, Uwe Johnson, Toni Turek, William Powell, J. B. Priestley, and Manès Sperber. After him are Tim, Arvīds Jansons, Louis Lansana Beavogui, Lillian Hellman, Jackie Wilson, and Viktor Chukarin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Guillén ranks 984 out of 2,932. Before him are Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487), Juan Fernández (1536), Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), Alberto Iglesias (1955), and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450). After him are Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936), Paco Ibáñez (1934), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Agustín de Betancourt (1758), and Ángel María Villar (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jorge Guillén ranks 114. Before him are Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Almudena Grandes (1960), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Robert de Nola (1500), and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450). After him are Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Ignacio Ramonet (1943), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), and Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813).

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