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Luis Cernuda

1902 - 1963

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Luis Cernuda Bidón (September 21, 1902 – November 5, 1963) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. During the Spanish Civil War, in early 1938, he went to the UK to deliver some lectures and this became the start of an exile that lasted till the end of his life. He taught in the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge before moving in 1947 to the US. In the 1950s he moved to Mexico. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Cernuda has received more than 130,807 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Luis Cernuda is the 2,759th most popular writer (down from 2,583rd in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Spain (down from 837th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 130k

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  • 52.37

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luis Cernuda ranks 2,759 out of 5,755. Before him are Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Krishna Sobti, Julius Pomponius Laetus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Jeff Lindsay, and Paul Gallico. After him are Yuan Mei, L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas of Britain, Kamo no Chōmei, Ludwig Rellstab, and Cassandra Clare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Luis Cernuda ranks 139. Before him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Regina Jonas, Fuad Chehab, Józef Maria Bocheński, Dutch Schultz, and Josef Krips. After him are Ansel Adams, Zino Francescatti, Johan Borgen, Virginio Rosetta, Giovanni Colombo, and Miriam Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1963, Luis Cernuda ranks 81. Before him are Dinah Washington, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Robert Stroud, Ernst Marischka, Gustave Garrigou, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio. After him are Elmore James, Adolphe Menjou, Guy Burgess, Maria Tănase, Richard Kohn, and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Cernuda ranks 905 out of 2,932. Before him are Indalecio Prieto (1883), Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz (1310), Pedro Salinas (1891), Mathieu Orfila (1787), Úrsula Corberó (1989), and Ricardo Viñes (1875). After him are Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Ramón Franco (1896), Txiki Begiristain (1964), Massiel (1947), and Bahya ibn Paquda (1050).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Luis Cernuda ranks 102. Before him are Juan Ruiz (1283), Alonso de Ercilla (1533), Àngel Guimerà (1845), Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895), Juan Marsé (1933), and Pedro Salinas (1891). After him are Ibn Zaydún (1003), Louis of Granada (1504), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Joan Brossa (1919), Joan Maragall (1860), and Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760).

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