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José de Alencar

1829 - 1877

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José Martiniano de Alencar (May 1, 1829 – December 12, 1877) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist. He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, and a major exponent of the literary tradition known as "Indianism". Sometimes he signed his works with the pen name Erasmo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José de Alencar has received more than 157,245 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). José de Alencar is the 2,699th most popular writer (down from 2,602nd in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 214th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 160k

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  • 52.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José de Alencar ranks 2,699 out of 5,755. Before him are J.-H. Rosny aîné, Isaac Titsingh, Jon Fosse, Pavlo Tychyna, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, and Mihail Sebastian. After him are Arnold Bennett, James Tiptree Jr., Petar Preradović, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Albert of Aix, and Anyte of Tegea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, José de Alencar ranks 31. Before him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Franz Reuleaux, Prince William of Baden, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, and Ignacio Zaragoza. After him are Allan Octavian Hume, Laura Bridgman, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Robert Nobel, and Konrad Duden. Among people deceased in 1877, José de Alencar ranks 31. Before him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Philipp Veit, Walter Bagehot, Pōmare IV, and Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz. After him are Johann Christian Poggendorff, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Alexandre Herculano, Alexander Braun, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José de Alencar ranks 213 out of 2,067. Before him are Wilson da Silva Piazza (1943), Hulk (1986), Regina Duarte (1947), Friaça (1924), César Sampaio (1968), and Sebastião Lazaroni (1950). After him are Julinho (1929), José Linhares (1886), Adriana Lima (1981), Gisele Bündchen (1980), Pedro Américo (1843), and Thiago Motta (1982).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, José de Alencar ranks 12. Before him are Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), Carlos Marighella (1911), João Guimarães Rosa (1908), and Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902). After him are Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Ana Maria Machado (1941), and Moacyr Scliar (1937).

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