WRITER

José Craveirinha

1922 - 2003

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José Craveirinha (28 May 1922 – 6 February 2003) was a Mozambican journalist, story writer and poet, who is today considered the greatest poet of Mozambique. His poems, written in Portuguese, address such issues as racism and the Portuguese colonial domination of Mozambique. A supporter of the anti-Portuguese group FRELIMO during the colonial wars, he was imprisoned in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Craveirinha has received more than 59,353 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). José Craveirinha is the 5,525th most popular writer (down from 4,930th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Mozambique (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mozambican Writer.

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  • 59k

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  • 45.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Karingana ua karingana
1982
Maria
1988
Antologia poética
2010
Hamina e outros contos
1997
Cela 1
1980
Xigubo
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Craveirinha ranks 5,525 out of 7,302. Before him are Steven Moffat, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Robert Herrick, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, and Yulia Drunina. After him are Michael Herr, Vladislav Krapivin, Antonia Fraser, Norman Cousins, Jacqueline Wilson, and Tim Powers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, José Craveirinha ranks 346. Before him are Neal Hefti, Mochtar Lubis, Guy Madison, Carl Amery, Margaret Leighton, and Rudolf Illovszky. After him are Giorgio Anglesio, Kuno Klötzer, Arthur Wightman, Grace Paley, Irina Antonova, and Herbert MacKay-Fraser. Among people deceased in 2003, José Craveirinha ranks 277. Before him are Armand Borel, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Daijiro Kato, Daphne Oram, Laurel Clark, and Gene Anthony Ray. After him are Jim Siedow, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Emil Pažický, Vladimír Vašíček, Alfredo Hernández, and Vladimir Bogomolov.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, José Craveirinha ranks 26 out of 38. Before him are Pascoal Mocumbi (1941), Maria Mutola (1972), Vicente Lucas (1935), Luísa Diogo (1958), Hilário (1939), and Marcelino dos Santos (1929). After him are Afonso Dhlakama (1953), Costa Pereira (1929), António Calvário (1938), Abel Xavier (1972), Mário da Graça Machungo (1941), and Paulina Chiziane (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Mozambique

Among writers born in Mozambique, José Craveirinha ranks 2. Before him are Mia Couto (1955). After him are Paulina Chiziane (1955).

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