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José Martínez Ruiz

1873 - 1967

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José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruiz, better known by his pseudonym Azorín (Spanish pronunciation: [aθoˈɾin]; June 8, 1873 – March 2, 1967), was a Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic. As a political radical in the 1890s, he moved steadily to the right. In literature he attempted to define the eternal qualities of Spanish life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Martínez Ruiz has received more than 98,217 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). José Martínez Ruiz is the 2,822nd most popular writer (down from 2,709th in 2019), the 920th most popular biography from Spain (down from 867th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Martínez Ruiz ranks 2,822 out of 5,755Before him are Francis Ponge, Ouida, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Andre Norton, and Lucia Berlin. After him are José Giovanni, Prince Henri of Orléans, José María Arguedas, Edwin Arnold, S. N. Goenka, and Katherine Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, José Martínez Ruiz ranks 87Before him are Nikolai Tcherepnin, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Richard Wilhelm, Leo Fall, Henri Rabaud, and John Flanagan. After him are E. D. Morel, Ramón Castillo, Joseph Jongen, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Thomas Curtis, and Mikhail Prishvin. Among people deceased in 1967, José Martínez Ruiz ranks 123Before him are Victor de Sabata, Pavlo Tychyna, Péter Palotás, Ernst Wollweber, Alice B. Toklas, and Evelyn Nesbit. After him are Paul Löbe, Charles Bickford, Ad Reinhardt, Otto Erich Deutsch, Li Lisan, and Antonio Moreno.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Martínez Ruiz ranks 920 out of 2,932Before him are Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Ibn Zaydún (1003), Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Arconada (1954), Francisco Herrera the Younger (1622), and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213). After him are Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966), Seve Ballesteros (1957), Joan Brossa (1919), Domènec Balmanya (1914), Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936), and Francesc Cambó (1876).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, José Martínez Ruiz ranks 105Before him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895), Juan Marsé (1933), Pedro Salinas (1891), Luis Cernuda (1902), Ibn Zaydún (1003), and Louis of Granada (1504). After him are Joan Brossa (1919), Joan Maragall (1860), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Almudena Grandes (1960), and Juan Pablo Bonet (1579).