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João Guimarães Rosa

1908 - 1967

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João Guimarães Rosa (Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ɡimɐˈɾɐ̃jz ˈʁɔzɐ, ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; 27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer, poet and diplomat. Rosa only wrote one novel, Grande Sertão: Veredas (known in English as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), a revolutionary text for its blend of archaic and colloquial prose and frequent use of neologisms, taking inspiration from the spoken language of the Brazilian backlands. For its profoundly philosophical themes, the critic Antonio Candido described the book as a "metaphysical novel". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Guimarães Rosa has received more than 186,847 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). João Guimarães Rosa is the 2,081st most popular writer (down from 2,048th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 148th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, João Guimarães Rosa ranks 2,081 out of 5,755. Before him are Patrick O'Brian, Isaac Alfasi, Bernard Palissy, Djuna Barnes, Dick Francis, and Gurju Khatun. After him are Nicholas Rémy, Maurice Sendak, Miloš Crnjanski, Almeida Garrett, Samael Aun Weor, and Hermas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, João Guimarães Rosa ranks 106. Before him are Lionel Hampton, Michael DeBakey, Salo Flohr, Lee Krasner, Fyodor Okhlopkov, and Sarit Thanarat. After him are Arturo Frondizi, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Aden Adde, Sergei Sobolev, Lupe Vélez, and John Tuzo Wilson. Among people deceased in 1967, João Guimarães Rosa ranks 95. Before him are H. H. Kung, Carl Sandburg, Ivan Isakov, Alphonse Juin, Luis Somoza Debayle, and Henry Morgenthau Jr.. After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan, Franz Waxman, Pierre Jeanneret, Juliusz Rómmel, Oskar Fischinger, and George Lincoln Rockwell.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Guimarães Rosa ranks 155 out of 2,067. Before him are Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Hélio Gracie (1913), Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (1875), Carlos Marighella (1911), and Rogério Ceni (1973). After him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685), Júlio César (1979), Véra Clouzot (1913), Everaldo (1944), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), and Carlos José Castilho (1927).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, João Guimarães Rosa ranks 10. Before him are Vinicius de Moraes (1913), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), and Carlos Marighella (1911). After him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), and Bernardo Guimarães (1825).

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