WRITER

João Cabral de Melo Neto

1920 - 1999

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João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the only Brazilian poet to receive such award to date. He was considered until his death a perennial competitor for the Nobel Prize in Literature.Melo Neto's works are noted for the rigorous, yet inventive attention they pay to the formal aspects of poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Cabral de Melo Neto has received more than 90,900 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). João Cabral de Melo Neto is the 5,039th most popular writer (down from 4,600th in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poesias completas (1940-1965)
1968
Morte e vida severina e outros poemas em voz alta
1967
Morte e vida severina
1966
Poemas pernambucanos
1988
A knife all blade, or
Poetry
1980
Antologia poética
Brazilian Literature
1965

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Over the past year João Cabral de Melo Neto has had the most page views in the with 49,300 views, followed by English (9,064), and Spanish (2,726). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (92.96%), Basque (86.61%), and Czech (57.92%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 5,039 out of 7,302. Before him are William Gibson, Raymond Schwartz, Andrejs Upīts, Vittoria Aganoor, Agapius of Hierapolis, and Ahlam Mosteghanemi. After him are Adolf Born, Steven Pressfield, Karolina Světlá, Han Yong-un, Chris Van Allsburg, and René Maran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 321. Before him are Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Mario Cecchi Gori, Neville Brand, Konstantin Beskov, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, and Claude Cheysson. After him are Marie Ljalková, An Wang, Liam Cosgrave, Captain Tom, Julian Jaynes, and Thomas Sebeok. Among people deceased in 1999, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 207. Before him are Tamás Mendelényi, Alain Peyrefitte, John Van Ryn, Hideo Itokawa, Robert Douglas, and Owen Hart. After him are Nikolay Latyshev, Josef Zeman, Celso Torrelio, Samiha Khalil, Sufia Kamal, and Maigonis Valdmanis.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 584 out of 2,236. Before him are Alfredo Brilhante da Costa (1904), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), Raphinha (1996), Américo Castro (1885), Nathalia Timberg (1929), and Marília Pêra (1943). After him are Royce Gracie (1966), Talisca (1994), Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905), Zezé Procópio (1913), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), and Ramon Menezes (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 31. Before him are Gonçalves Dias (1823), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Olavo Bilac (1865), and Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831). After him are Álvares de Azevedo (1831), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Erico Verissimo (1905), Ferreira Gullar (1930), Casimiro de Abreu (1839), and Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862).

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