WRITER

Jorge Manrique

1440 - 1479

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Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo Manrique, his Father), is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen Isabel I of Castile, and actively participated on her side in the civil war that broke out against her half-brother, Enrique IV, when the latter attempted to make his daughter, Juana, crown princess. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Manrique has received more than 125,863 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jorge Manrique is the 1,999th most popular writer (down from 1,788th in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from Spain (down from 627th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 62.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Manrique ranks 1,999 out of 7,302. Before him are Cornell Woolrich, Jaume Cabré, Ji Kang, Yehuda Amichai, Nicolás Guillén, and Countess of Ségur. After him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Mohamed Choukri, Joseph Kessel, Eugène Marin Labiche, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, and Horacio Quiroga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Jorge Manrique ranks 9. Before him are Kabir, Hugo van der Goes, Diogo Cão, Sten Sture the Elder, Hartmann Schedel, and Antonio Vivarini. After him are Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Alain I of Albret, Bartolomé Bermejo, Albertus Pictor, Anton Koberger, and Mauro Codussi. Among people deceased in 1479, Jorge Manrique ranks 5. Before him are Antonello da Messina, John II of Aragon, Eleanor of Navarre, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou. After him are Antonio Rossellino, Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria, Luciano Laurana, and Alam Shah.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Manrique ranks 694 out of 3,355. Before him are Isidro Lángara (1912), Ángela Molina (1955), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Serena (365), Beatrice of Castile (1242), and Jaume Cabré (1947). After him are Camarón de la Isla (1950), Fernando Morientes (1976), Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817), Caterina Albert (1869), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), and Estanislao Figueras (1819).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jorge Manrique ranks 75. Before him are Luis de León (1527), José de Espronceda (1808), José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), and Jaume Cabré (1947). After him are Caterina Albert (1869), Mariano José de Larra (1809), Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Ramón Sampedro (1943), Salvador de Madariaga (1886), and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532).

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