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João Ubaldo Ribeiro

1941 - 2014

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João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, being elected in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Ubaldo Ribeiro has received more than 60,662 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). João Ubaldo Ribeiro is the 4,606th most popular writer (down from 4,333rd in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 61k

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  • 46.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, João Ubaldo Ribeiro ranks 4,606 out of 5,755. Before him are George du Maurier, Ingrid Noll, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Philaenis, Shōhei Ōoka, and Eudora Welty. After him are Gjorgji Abadžiev, John Boyne, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Kostas Varnalis, Padma Sachdev, and František Čelakovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, João Ubaldo Ribeiro ranks 376. Before him are Charlotte Stewart, Vikki Carr, Lester Bowie, Yury Malyshev, Takayuki Kuwata, and Peter Sarstedt. After him are Gjermund Eggen, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Zalman King, Mario Trevi, Vadim Glowna, and Wasim Sajjad. Among people deceased in 2014, João Ubaldo Ribeiro ranks 304. Before him are Nadya Nozharova, Al Pease, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Dietmar Schönherr, Hanna Maron, and Régine Deforges. After him are Louise Brough, Lorella De Luca, Brian G. Hutton, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Gyude Bryant, and Edmund Szoka.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Ubaldo Ribeiro ranks 502 out of 2,067. Before him are Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Pedro Diniz (1970), Romeu Pellicciari (1911), Ado (1946), Edinho (1955), and Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942). After him are Américo Castro (1885), Christian Fittipaldi (1971), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Laurindo Almeida (1917), Alessandra Ambrosio (1981), and Erico Verissimo (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, João Ubaldo Ribeiro ranks 26. Before him are Nélida Piñon (1937), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Castro Alves (1847), Gregório de Matos (1636), and Olavo Bilac (1865). After him are João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Erico Verissimo (1905), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), and Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820).

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