WRITER

José Carlos Mariátegui

1894 - 1930

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José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (June 14, 1894 – April 16, 1930) was a Peruvian writer, journalist, politician and Marxist philosopher.A prolific author despite his early death, El Amauta (from Quechua: hamawt'a, "teacher," a name by which he is also known in his country) is considered one of the greatest scholars of Latin America. His Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality (1928), a synthesis of his thought, became a reference work for the intelligentsia of the continent. He was the founder of the Peruvian Socialist Party (1927) (PSP) and the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) in 1927 and 1929 respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Carlos Mariátegui has received more than 271,222 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). José Carlos Mariátegui is the 1,982nd most popular writer (down from 1,717th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Peru (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Peruvian Writer.

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  • 270k

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  • 56.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Siete ensayos de interpretación de la realidad peruana
Civilization, Social conditions, Education
1955
El artista y la época
Literature, Art
1959
7 ensayos de interpretación de la realidad peruana
Civilization, Social conditions, Addresses, essays, lectures
1957
Temas de educación
Education, Philosophy
1970
Peruanicemos al Perú
Civilization, Race relations, Socialism
1970
Crítica literaria
Literature, Modern, Modern Literature
1969

Page views of José Carlos Mariáteguis by language

Over the past year José Carlos Mariátegui has had the most page views in the with 176,784 views, followed by English (32,302), and Portuguese (6,728). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (51.53%), Hebrew (44.23%), and Quechua (40.68%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Carlos Mariátegui ranks 1,982 out of 7,302. Before him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Atsushi Nakajima, Bharavi, Christian Jacq, Étienne Dolet, and Sébastien Japrisot. After him are Elena Poniatowska, Sholem Schwarzbard, Cristóbal de Morales, Ahad Ha'am, Alexander Fadeyev, and Terentianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, José Carlos Mariátegui ranks 85. Before him are Mikhail Zoshchenko, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Meher Baba, Józef Beck, Boris Lyatoshinsky, and Gerhard Schmidhuber. After him are René Fonck, Nedo Nadi, Ivan Isakov, Claude Cahun, Julian Tuwim, and Otto Wöhler. Among people deceased in 1930, José Carlos Mariátegui ranks 40. Before him are Giulio Douhet, Yang Kaihui, Waldemar Haffkine, Otto Sverdrup, Simko Shikak, and Theodor Nöldeke. After him are Riccardo Drigo, Rafael Merry del Val, Eduard Meyer, Eric Lemming, Frank P. Ramsey, and Alois Jirásek.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, José Carlos Mariátegui ranks 38 out of 287. Before him are Yawar Waqaq (1380), Sayri Túpac (1535), Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928), Alejandro Toledo (1946), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), and Lloque Yupanqui (1260). After him are Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Mayta Cápac (1290), Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921), Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921), Claudio Pizarro (1978), and Francisco Sagasti (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, José Carlos Mariátegui ranks 7. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), and Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535). After him are José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), Alfredo Bryce (1939), and Clorinda Matto de Turner (1854).

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