WRITER

Leopoldo Lugones

1874 - 1938

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Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic writings are often considered to be the founding works of Spanish-language modern poetry (not, however, modernismo). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopoldo Lugones has received more than 126,076 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Leopoldo Lugones is the 3,391st most popular writer (down from 3,148th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Argentina (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

El imperio jesuítico
Catholic Church, Guarani Indians, History
1907
El payador
Criticism, Gauchos, History
1916
Historia de Sarmiento
Biography, Presidents
1910
Obras poéticas completas
1948
Lunario sentimental
1909
La guerra gaucha
1926

Page views of Leopoldo Lugones by language

Over the past year Leopoldo Lugones has had the most page views in the with 89,197 views, followed by English (13,750), and Italian (2,077). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Quechua (428.57%), Egyptian Arabic (36.75%), and Basque (26.20%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 3,391 out of 7,302. Before him are William Hope Hodgson, Mika Antić, Charles Lamb, Juan Boscán Almogáver, Salomėja Nėris, and Willibald Alexis. After him are Alexis Piron, Ferenc Kölcsey, Octave Feuillet, Ella Maillart, Filippo Buonaccorsi, and Gérard de Villiers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 118. Before him are Krste Misirkov, Charles-Louis Philippe, Mikhail Diterikhs, Fernand Bouisson, Charles W. Gilmore, and Julio Romero de Torres. After him are Nicola Canali, Fred Niblo, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Mary Ann Bevan, Alexander Khatisian, and Manuel Díaz. Among people deceased in 1938, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 134. Before him are Samuel Alexander, Jane Toppan, Gösta Ekman, Max Wien, Aleksandar Malinov, and Turar Ryskulov. After him are Alexander Svechin, Mirza Davud Huseynov, Władysław Grabski, Ernest William Brown, Gazanfar Musabekov, and Georges Urbain.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 252 out of 1,154. Before him are Rodolfo Orlandini (1905), Lolita Torres (1929), Francisco Olazar (1885), Robledo Puch (1952), Marga López (1924), and Oscar Ruggeri (1962). After him are Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1922), Sergio Batista (1962), Leonardo Favio (1938), Gustavo Cerati (1959), Sandro de América (1945), and Rogelio Domínguez (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 17. Before him are María Elena Walsh (1930), María Kodama (1937), Jorge Bucay (1949), Juan Gelman (1930), Ricardo Piglia (1941), and Roberto Arlt (1900). After him are Juan José Saer (1937), César Aira (1949), Hector Bianciotti (1930), Esteban Echeverría (1805), Ariel Dorfman (1942), and Olga Orozco (1920).

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