WRITER

Juan Antonio Villacañas

1922 - 2001

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Juan Antonio Villacañas (born 1922 in Toledo; died August 21, 2001) was a Spanish poet, essayist and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Antonio Villacañas has received more than 117,960 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Antonio Villacañas is the 1,010th most popular writer (down from 956th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Spain (down from 298th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Juan Antonio Villacañas is most famous for being a Spanish serial killer who was convicted of killing 11 people in the 1990s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A muerto por persona
1996
Las humanas heridas de las piedras
1971
Los vagos pensamientos
1962
Versómanos
1989
Homenaje a la lira en larga sobremesa con Luciano
1993

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 1,010 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Murphy, Ali Shariati, Jean Giraudoux, Vladimir Bartol, Machado de Assis, and Herodian. After him are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Noah Gordon, William Gibson, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Thomas De Quincey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 54. Before him are Ademir de Menezes, Leon M. Lederman, Michel Galabru, Betty White, Har Gobind Khorana, and Robert W. Holley. After him are Mao Anying, Francesco Rosi, Jake LaMotta, Blake Edwards, Alberto Granado, and Oskar Werner. Among people deceased in 2001, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 37. Before him are Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Morris, W. G. Sebald, Timothy McVeigh, and Charles Trenet. After him are Giovanni Leone, Balthus, Chung Ju-yung, Anna Mani, Isaac Stern, and Donald J. Cram.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 329 out of 3,355. Before him are Amancio Amaro (1939), Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799), John of Austria the Younger (1629), Rafael Nadal (1986), John of Ávila (1500), and Benjamin of Tudela (1130). After him are Francisco Largo Caballero (1869), Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Joseph Calasanz (1556), Pedro Sánchez (1972), and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 33. Before him are Jorge Semprún (1923), Silius Italicus (26), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), and Prudentius (348). After him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), Joseph Karo (1488), and Fernando Arrabal (1932).

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