WRITER

José Martí

1853 - 1895

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José Julián Martí Pérez (Spanish: [xoˈse maɾˈti]; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature. He was very politically active and is considered an important philosopher and political theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Martí has received more than 2,379,857 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). José Martí is the 530th most popular writer (down from 529th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Writer.

José Martí is most famous for being a Cuban patriot and poet. He was also a writer, journalist, and revolutionary.

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  • 2.4M

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  • 66.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Amistad funesta
1911
La edad de oro
1942
Obras completas
1946
Versos
1942
Guatemala
Guatemala
1913

Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Martí ranks 530 out of 7,302. Before him are Harold Pinter, Jean Paul, Imadaddin Nasimi, Pierre de Ronsard, Kumārajīva, and Richard Bach. After him are Tyrtaeus, Robert Walser, Franz Werfel, Jacob L. Moreno, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, José Martí ranks 11. Before him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Carl Larsson, Chulalongkorn, Albrecht Kossel, and Aleksei Brusilov. After him are Vladimir Solovyov, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Ferdinand Hodler, Errico Malatesta, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, and Hussein Kamel of Egypt. Among people deceased in 1895, José Martí ranks 10. Before him are Berthe Morisot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Empress Myeongseong, Isma'il Pasha, and Julius Lothar Meyer. After him are Adam Opel, Friedrich Miescher, Franz von Suppé, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Johann Josef Loschmidt, and Arthur Cayley.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, José Martí ranks 6 out of 300. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926), Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), and Italo Calvino (1923). After him are Paul Lafargue (1842), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Alberto Korda (1928), Andy García (1956), Gloria Estefan (1957), and Compay Segundo (1907).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, José Martí ranks 2. Before him are Italo Calvino (1923). After him are Paul Lafargue (1842), Nicolás Guillén (1902), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), José Lezama Lima (1910), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814), José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), and Alina Fernández (1956).

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