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José Santos Chocano

1875 - 1934

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José Santos Chocano Gastañodi (May 14, 1875 – December 13, 1934), more commonly known by his pseudonym "El Cantor de América" (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃoˈkano]), was a Peruvian poet, writer and diplomat, whose work was widely praised across Europe and Latin America. Considered by many to be one of the most important Spanish-American poets, his poetry of grandiloquent tone was very sonorous and full of color. He produced lyrical poetry of singular intimacy, refined with formalism, within the molds of modernism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Santos Chocano has received more than 45,134 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. José Santos Chocano is the 5,485th most popular writer (down from 4,866th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Peru (down from 104th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Peruvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Santos Chocano ranks 5,485 out of 7,302. Before him are Carlo Porta, Elizabeth Montagu, Carl Amery, Julia Navarro, Edward Rutherfurd, and Jean-Philippe Toussaint. After him are René de Obaldia, Iryna Vilde, Bruno Heller, Boris Lavrenyov, Gabriele Kuby, and Antonine Maillet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, José Santos Chocano ranks 163. Before him are Dobri Hristov, Emīls Dārziņš, Maurice Hemelsoet, Kazimierz Prószyński, George Larner, and Johan Edman. After him are Harriet Quimby, Herbert Jamison, Tomás Berreta, Béla Békessy, Joseph Dempsey, and Miriam A. Ferguson. Among people deceased in 1934, José Santos Chocano ranks 143. Before him are Majit Gafuri, Sergey Lebedev, Frank J. Sprague, Paul Henri Lecomte, Broncia Koller-Pinell, and Heinz Prüfer. After him are Claudio Williman, William H. Welch, Ferenc Móra, Theobald Smith, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Walther von Dyck.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, José Santos Chocano ranks 124 out of 287. Before him are Julio C. Tello (1880), Juan Seminario (1936), Antonio Arenas (1808), Alex Acuña (1944), Mario de las Casas (1905), and Alexis Amore (1978). After him are Jorge Pardon (1905), Serapio Calderón (1843), Fiorella Bonicelli (1951), Marcos Calderón (1928), Eduardo Astengo (1909), and Antonio Maquilón (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, José Santos Chocano ranks 14. Before 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). After him are Jaime Bayly (1965).

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