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Lope de Vega

1562 - 1635

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Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is second to Miguel de Cervantes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lope de Vega has received more than 703,258 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Lope de Vega is the 176th most popular writer (up from 230th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Spain (up from 57th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Lope de Vega is most famous for his plays and poetry.

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  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 94

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lope de Vega ranks 176 out of 5,755. Before him are Janusz Korczak, Stanisław Lem, Abu Nuwas, Karel Čapek, J. D. Salinger, and Petronius. After him are Diogenes Laërtius, Dale Carnegie, Constantine VII, John the Evangelist, Juvenal, and Mansur Al-Hallaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Lope de Vega ranks 1. After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Xu Guangqi, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Cornelis van Haarlem, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Pietro Bernini, Ottavio Rinuccini, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Bento de Góis. Among people deceased in 1635, Lope de Vega ranks 1. After him are Wilhelm Schickard, Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Callot, Zacharias Janssen, Reza Abbasi, Joos de Momper, Domenico Tintoretto, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, Fakhr al-Din II, and Alessandro Tassoni.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lope de Vega ranks 48 out of 2,932. Before him are Arcadius (377), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), El Cid (1045), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), and Pedro Almodóvar (1949). After him are Eugénie de Montijo (1826), John of the Cross (1542), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Quintilian (35), and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Lope de Vega ranks 3. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547) and Federico García Lorca (1898). After him are Quintilian (35), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64).

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