WRITER

José María Heredia y Heredia

1803 - 1839

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José María Heredia y Heredia, also known as José María Heredia y Campuzano (December 31, 1803 – May 7, 1839) was a Cuban-born poet considered by many to be the first romantic poet of the Americas and the initiator of Latin American romanticism. More recently, this view has been qualified, highlighting Heredia's roots in Neoclassicism and the aesthetics of eighteenth-century Sensibility. He is known as "El Cantor del Niagara" and regarded as one of the most important poets in the Spanish language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José María Heredia y Heredia has received more than 76,042 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. José María Heredia y Heredia is the 4,742nd most popular writer (down from 3,938th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Cuban Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jicoténcal
2018
Poesías completas
1940
Poesias, discursos y cartas de José María Heredia
1939
Elementos de Ética, o, Tratado de Filosofía Moral para el Uso de Los Institutos y Colegios de Segunda Enseñanza
2023
Jicoténcal
2018
Poesías liricas
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, José María Heredia y Heredia ranks 4,742 out of 7,302. Before him are Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Aaron Sorkin, E. L. James, Hanna Krall, Jean Cau, and Dharamvir Bharati. After him are Henri Bosco, Jean Tardieu, Val McDermid, Joseph Meyer, Jacqueline Susann, and C. A. Rosetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, José María Heredia y Heredia ranks 64. Before him are Black Kettle, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Gustav von Alvensleben, Sarah Childress Polk, Albert Küchler, and Johann Jakob Kaup. After him are Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Heinrich Ewald, George Borrow, Friedrich Ludwig Persius, Juan Bravo Murillo, and Sarah Yorke Jackson. Among people deceased in 1839, José María Heredia y Heredia ranks 39. Before him are Joseph-François Michaud, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Yuriy Venelin, Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, and Benjamin Morrell. After him are Alexander Odoevsky, Jens Esmark, William Beechey, Thomas Bibb, Allan Cunningham, and Sybil Ludington.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, José María Heredia y Heredia ranks 108 out of 300. Before him are Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Mireya Luis (1967), Héctor Socorro (1912), Iván Pedroso (1972), Michael Aris (1946), and Juan García Rodríguez (1948). After him are César Évora (1959), Alina Fernández (1956), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), Juan Tuñas (1917), Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861), and Virgilio Piñera (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, José María Heredia y Heredia ranks 11. Before him are José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), José Lezama Lima (1910), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814). After him are Alina Fernández (1956), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), Virgilio Piñera (1912), José Carlos Somoza (1959), Daína Chaviano (1957), and Zoé Valdés (1959).

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