WRITER

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón

1581 - 1639

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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581 – 4 August 1639) was a New Spanish writer of the Golden Age who cultivated different variants of dramaturgy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón has received more than 106,991 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón is the 2,585th most popular writer (down from 2,181st in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Mexican Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 54.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Los pechos privilegiados
Las paredes oyen
La verdad sospechosa
El texedor de Segovia
Teatro
Comedias escogidas

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 2,585 out of 7,302Before him are Parvin E'tesami, Johann Froben, Elmore Leonard, Edgar Lee Masters, Arthur Young, and Constantin von Wurzbach. After him are Karl Gutzkow, Isaac Deutscher, Jim Thompson, Penelope Fitzgerald, Menasseh Ben Israel, and Idris Bitlisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 11Before him are Peter Claver, Bernardo Strozzi, Hendrik Brouwer, Giulia Tofana, Frans Francken the Younger, and Hedwig of Denmark. After him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Edmund Gunter, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. Among people deceased in 1639, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 10Before him are Orazio Gentileschi, Roelant Savery, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Stefano Landi, Martin Opitz, and Augusta of Denmark. After him are Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, John Ford, Chen Jiru, and Johannes Meursius.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 121 out of 729Before him are Isabel Moctezuma (1509), Francisco Jara (1941), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), Nicolás Bravo (1786), Fernando Colunga (1966), and Rafael Márquez (1979). After him are Lupe Vélez (1908), Manuel González Flores (1833), Edith González (1964), Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), and Ricardo Rodríguez (1942).

Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 7Before him are Octavio Paz (1914), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Juan Rulfo (1917), Fernando del Paso (1935), and Laura Esquivel (1950). After him are Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Amado Nervo (1870), Cesar Millan (1969), and Don Miguel Ruiz (1952).