WRITER

João W. Nery

1950 - 2018

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João W. Nery (12 February 1950 – 26 October 2018), was a Brazilian writer, psychologist, and LGBT activist. He was the first transgender man to have undergone sex-change surgery in Brazil; Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João W. Nery has received more than 11,672 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. João W. Nery is the 6,492nd most popular writer (down from 5,950th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 891st in 2019) and the 40th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Estudos sobre gênero
Transsexuals, Biography, Female-to-male transsexuals
Erro de pessoa
Viagem solitária
Transsexuals, Biography, Female-to-male transsexuals

Among WRITERS

Among writers, João W. Nery ranks 6,492 out of 7,302Before her are Volodymyr Vakulenko, Angus Wilson, Gerbrand Bakker, Norman Podhoretz, Véronique Tadjo, and Tracy Hickman. After her are Sue Monk Kidd, Felicia Hemans, William Kennedy, Lionel Trilling, Lidija Dimkovska, and Vachel Lindsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, João W. Nery ranks 653Before her are Svetla Otsetova, Alex Callinicos, Gaylen Ross, Russell Carpenter, Richard Schoen, and Colin McGinn. After her are Austin Stevens, Wilfried, Vasile Iordache, Alan Rosenberg, Nikolay Kruglov, and Siegbert Horn. Among people deceased in 2018, João W. Nery ranks 533Before her are Frank Havens, Olivia Cole, Rafael Amador, Aleksandr Kurlovich, Tim O'Connor, and Renate Dorrestein. After her are Jean Porter, Bill Slater, Dipali Barthakur, Kuldip Nayar, Carole Shelley, and Oliver Knussen.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João W. Nery ranks 940 out of 2,236Before her are Milene Domingues (1979), Alan Carvalho (1989), Elivélton (1971), Alcindo Sartori (1967), Roger Machado Marques (1975), and César Cielo (1987). After her are Tinga (1978), Francileudo Santos (1979), Evanílson (1975), Zizinho (1962), Formiga (1978), and Alessandra Negrini (1970).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, João W. Nery ranks 40Before her are Erico Verissimo (1905), Ferreira Gullar (1930), Casimiro de Abreu (1839), Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862), Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820), and Alberto Dines (1932). After her are Lui Morais (1961), and Caroline Criado Perez (1984).