WRITER

José Donoso

1924 - 1996

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José Manuel Donoso Yáñez (5 October 1924 – 7 December 1996), known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain. Although he had left his country in the sixties for personal reasons, after 1973 he said his exile was also a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Donoso has received more than 106,540 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). José Donoso is the 3,057th most popular writer (down from 2,883rd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Chile (up from 54th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chilean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Historia personal del "boom"
Authors, Latin-American, Biography, History and criticism
1972
El lugar sin límites
1966
El obsceno pájaro de la noche
1970
Coronación
1971
Casa de campo
Spanish language materials
1978
Coronacion
1995

Page views of José Donosos by language

Over the past year José Donoso has had the most page views in the with 61,577 views, followed by English (13,917), and Japanese (2,597). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (81.16%), Esperanto (63.08%), and Catalan (62.76%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Donoso ranks 3,057 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolay Nosov, Tarafa, Joseph Joffo, Ibn Zaydún, Gregory Corso, and Ahmadou Kourouma. After him are Ricardo Piglia, Shulamith Firestone, Jean Astruc, Félix Fénéon, Saib Tabrizi, and Liviu Rebreanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, José Donoso ranks 196. Before him are Maurice Karnaugh, Rudolf Barshai, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Marc Ferro, Nina Foch, and Alain Bombard. After him are S. R. Nathan, Deke Slayton, Antoine Cuissard, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Pierre Sinibaldi, and Nina Bocharova. Among people deceased in 1996, José Donoso ranks 128. Before him are Aruna Asaf Ali, Dan Flavin, Pierre Grimal, Tito Okello, Arleigh Burke, and Hervé Bazin. After him are Max Manus, Georgios Zoitakis, Virginia Cherrill, Annabella, Pilar Lorengar, and Hernán Siles Zuazo.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, José Donoso ranks 53 out of 321. Before him are Jorge Medina (1926), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Jorge Toro (1939), Roberto Rojas (1957), Juan Ignacio Molina (1740), and Teresa of the Andes (1900). After him are Vicar (1934), Vicente Huidobro (1893), José Miguel Carrera (1785), Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879), Claudio Bravo (1983), and Marlene Ahrens (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, José Donoso ranks 9. Before him are Gabriela Mistral (1889), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Nicanor Parra (1914), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), and Antonio Skármeta (1940). After him are Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), Alberto Hurtado (1901), Francisco Coloane (1910), Jorge Edwards (1931), and Gonzalo Rojas (1917).

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