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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 32,185 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Mena is the 4,584th most popular writer (down from 4,125th in 2019), the 1,371st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,209th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 15

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  • 3.19

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan de Mena ranks 4,584 out of 5,755Before him are Eleanor Farjeon, Yurii Andrukhovych, Juan de la Cueva, George Mikes, Yordan Yovkov, and Barthold Heinrich Brockes. After him are Iakob Tsurtaveli, Chester Himes, Dante Spinotti, John O'Hara, Alexander Abusch, and Nikolai Klyuev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1411, Juan de Mena ranks 3Before him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York and Thomas of Bosnia.  Among people deceased in 1456, Juan de Mena ranks 9Before him are Đurađ Branković, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Jacques Cœur, and Lawrence Justinian.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Mena ranks 1,371 out of 2,932Before him are Javier Cercas (1962), Julián Marías (1914), Andrés Palop (1973), Isabel Pantoja (1956), Juan de la Cueva (1543), and Ahmed Hassan (1975). After him are Tomás Bretón (1850), Ana Botín (1960), Pablo Sarabia (1992), Juan Acuña (1923), Lolita Flores (1958), and Dani Güiza (1980).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan de Mena ranks 173Before him are Carmen de Burgos (1867), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Ángel Ganivet (1865), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), Javier Cercas (1962), and Juan de la Cueva (1543). After him are León Felipe (1884), Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), Terenci Moix (1942), Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (1949), and Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851).