1920 - 1999
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 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). João Cabral de Melo Neto is the 4,615th most popular writer (down from 4,022nd in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 425th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Brazilian Writer.
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Among writers, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 4,615 out of 5,755. Before him are Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Kostas Varnalis, Padma Sachdev, František Čelakovský, Alexander Bek, and Michel-Jean Sedaine. After him are Elizabeth Goudge, Eduard Bagritsky, Frank Norris, Hermann Kant, Giovanni Berchet, and Rosa Liksom.
1659 - 1730
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 4,609
1884 - 1974
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 4,610
1940 - 2021
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 4,611
1799 - 1852
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 4,612
1903 - 1972
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 4,613
1719 - 1797
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 4,614
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 4,615
1900 - 1984
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4,616
1895 - 1934
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4,617
1870 - 1902
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4,618
1926 - 2016
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4,619
1783 - 1851
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4,620
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4,621
Among people born in 1920, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 288. Before him are Helen Thomas, Kenneth E. Iverson, Konstantin Beskov, Natalya Kovshova, An Wang, and Anton Malatinský. After him are Thomas Sebeok, Jacques Noël, Robert Lamoureux, Roy Jenkins, Ehsan Yarshater, and Irving Kristol. Among people deceased in 1999, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 184. Before him are Robert Kramer, Anahit Tsitsikian, Lester Bowie, Teuvo Aura, Yury Malyshev, and Alain Peyrefitte. After him are Nicholas Metropolis, Eric Wolf, Fritzi Burger, Henry Carlsson, Jehan Buhan, and Faith Domergue.
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 282
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 283
1920 - 2006
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 284
1920 - 1942
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 285
1920 - 1990
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 286
1920 - 1992
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 287
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 288
1920 - 2001
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 289
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 290
1920 - 2011
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 291
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 292
1920 - 2018
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 293
1920 - 2009
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 294
1939 - 1999
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 178
1926 - 1999
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 179
1941 - 1999
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 180
1912 - 1999
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 181
1941 - 1999
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 182
1925 - 1999
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 183
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 184
1915 - 1999
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 185
1923 - 1999
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 186
1910 - 1999
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 187
1917 - 1999
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 188
1912 - 1999
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 189
1924 - 1999
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 190
Among people born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 505 out of 2,067. Before him are Ado (1946), Edinho (1955), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Américo Castro (1885), and Christian Fittipaldi (1971). After him are Laurindo Almeida (1917), Alessandra Ambrosio (1981), Erico Verissimo (1905), Jorginho Putinatti (1959), Nathalia Timberg (1929), and Alcindo (1945).
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 499
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 500
1942 - 2021
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 501
1941 - 2014
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 502
1885 - 1972
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 503
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 504
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 505
1917 - 1995
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 506
1981 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 507
1905 - 1975
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 508
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 509
1929 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 510
1945 - 2016
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 511
Among writers born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 27. Before him are Manuel Bandeira (1886), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Castro Alves (1847), Gregório de Matos (1636), Olavo Bilac (1865), and João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941). After him are Erico Verissimo (1905), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820), and Alberto Dines (1932).
1886 - 1968
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 21
1910 - 2003
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 22
1847 - 1871
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 23
1636 - 1696
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 24
1865 - 1918
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 25
1941 - 2014
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 26
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 27
1905 - 1975
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 28
1923 - 2022
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 29
1831 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 30
1831 - 1861
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 31
1820 - 1882
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 32
1932 - 2018
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 33