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Jorge Icaza Coronel

1906 - 1978

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Jorge Icaza Coronel (July 10, 1906 – May 26, 1978), commonly referred to as Jorge Icaza, was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel Huasipungo, which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's indigenous people by Ecuadorian whites. He was born in Quito in 1906 and died of cancer in the same city in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Icaza Coronel has received more than 41,755 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Icaza Coronel is the 4,929th most popular writer (down from 4,437th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 31st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ecuadorean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 4,929 out of 5,755Before him are Conrad Aiken, Lev Kassil, Daniel Quinn, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Kjell Westö, and Steven Moffat. After him are George Holyoake, František Halas, James C. Collins, Clara Reeve, Charles Montagu Doughty, and Jamaica Kincaid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 287Before him are Erwin Geschonneck, Emília Rotter, Albert Charles Smith, Jean Dréville, Plácido Galindo, and Carl Benjamin Boyer. After him are Emerson Spencer, Anšlavs Eglītis, Franco Comotti, Sara Ashurbeyli, Rafaela Aparicio, and Augustin Chantrel. Among people deceased in 1978, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 182Before him are Alexander Belov, Sverre Farstad, Ivan Kavaleridze, Ljubiša Stevanović, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, and Edgar Bergen. After him are Baltasar Albéniz, Oscar Homolka, Jorge de Sena, Paul Yü Pin, Birger Sörvik, and Dragoslav Mihajlović.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 35 out of 126Before him are Byron Moreno (1969), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), José de la Mar (1778), Pancho Segura (1921), Matilde Hidalgo (1889), and Osvaldo Hurtado (1939). After him are Antonio José González Zumárraga (1925), Vicente Ramón Roca (1792), Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (1893), Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (1919), Isidro Ayora (1879), and Enner Valencia (1989).

Among WRITERS In Ecuador

Among writers born in Ecuador, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 3Before him are Juan Montalvo (1832) and Eugenio Espejo (1747). After him are Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926).