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Juan de Mena

1411 - 1456

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Juan de Mena (1411–1456) was one of the most significant Spanish poets of the fifteenth century. He was highly regarded at the court of Juan II de Castilla, who appointed him veinticuatro (one of twenty-four aldermen) of Córdoba, secretario de cartas latinas (secretary of Latin letters) and cronista real (royal chronicler). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan de Mena has received more than 35,468 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Juan de Mena is the 5,121st most popular writer (down from 4,569th in 2019), the 1,589th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,368th in 2019) and the 184th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

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  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan de Mena ranks 5,121 out of 7,302. Before him are Anton Buttigieg, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Stanislav Stratiev, Jonathan Stroud, Frank Norris, and Ama Ata Aidoo. After him are Inger Hagerup, Urs Widmer, Joel Chandler Harris, Abbas Sahhat, Warren Farrell, and Edoardo Sanguineti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1411, Juan de Mena ranks 3. Before him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and Thomas of Bosnia. After him is Giorgio de' Buondelmonti. Among people deceased in 1456, Juan de Mena ranks 10. Before him are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Ulrich II, Count of Celje, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Jacques Cœur, and Lawrence Justinian.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Mena ranks 1,589 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Amat (1946), Lluís Homar (1957), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Dani Olmo (1998), Berenguer de Palou II (1101), and Ana Torrent (1966). After him are Jon Sobrino (1938), Marcos Alonso (1990), Ildefons Lima (1979), Mónica Cruz (1977), Rafaela Aparicio (1906), and Adrián Campos (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan de Mena ranks 184. Before him are Jean Cassou (1897), Ángel Ganivet (1865), León Felipe (1884), Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), María Teresa León (1903), and Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918). After him are Alfonso Sastre (1926), José María de Pereda (1833), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), Gabriel Miró (1879), Carme Riera (1948), and Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851).

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