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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 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

Among writers, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 4,615 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 288Before 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 184Before 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.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 505 out of 2,067Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 27Before 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).