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Juan Ramón Jiménez

1881 - 1958

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Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan raˈmoŋ xiˈmeneθ manteˈkon]; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Ramón Jiménez has received more than 447,584 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Juan Ramón Jiménez is the 502nd most popular writer (up from 571st in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Spain (up from 174th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Spanish Writer.

Juan Ramón Jiménez is most famous for his poetry. He was born in 1881 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and died in 1958.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Ramón Jiménez ranks 502 out of 7,302. Before him are George R. R. Martin, G. K. Chesterton, Christopher Marlowe, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Henri Barbusse, and Gérard de Nerval. After him are Thomas Paine, Baldassare Castiglione, Philip Larkin, Anthony Burgess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Anaïs Nin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Juan Ramón Jiménez ranks 28. Before him are Alexei Rykov, Alcide De Gasperi, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Ettore Bugatti, Hans Fischer, and Georg von Küchler. After him are Irving Langmuir, Hermann Staudinger, Maximilian von Weichs, George Enescu, Władysław Sikorski, and François Darlan. Among people deceased in 1958, Juan Ramón Jiménez ranks 13. Before him are Ernest Lawrence, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Kurt Alder, Faisal II of Iraq, and Milutin Milanković. After him are Rudolf von Laban, Maurice de Vlaminck, Lion Feuchtwanger, Maurice Gamelin, G. E. Moore, and Georges Rouault.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Ramón Jiménez ranks 141 out of 3,355. Before him are Martial (40), Felipe VI of Spain (1968), Luis Suárez (1935), Inês de Castro (1325), Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), and Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380). After him are Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), Henry II of Navarre (1503), Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), James II of Aragon (1267), and Henry IV of Castile (1425).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan Ramón Jiménez ranks 12. Before him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Seneca the Elder (-54), and Martial (40). After him are Henry IV of Castile (1425), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Judah Halevi (1079), Columella (4), and Leo Africanus (1494).

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