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Luis Vélez de Guevara

1579 - 1644

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Luis Vélez de Guevara (born Luis Vélez de Santander) (1 August 1579 – 10 November 1644) was a Spanish dramatist and novelist. He was born at Écija and was of Jewish converso descent. After graduating as a sizar at the University of Osuna in 1596, he joined the household of Rodrigo de Castro, Cardinal-Archbishop of Seville, and celebrated the marriage of Philip III in a poem signed Vélez de Santander, a name which he continued to use until some years later. It seems he served as a soldier in Italy and Algiers, returning to Spain in 1602 when he entered the service of the count de Saldaña, and dedicated himself to writing for the stage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Vélez de Guevara has received more than 28,962 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Vélez de Guevara is the 4,303rd most popular writer (down from 4,087th in 2019), the 1,341st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,239th in 2019) and the 151st most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 49.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 4,303 out of 7,302. Before him are Hervé Le Tellier, Diane Disney Miller, Janko Matúška, Decimus Laberius, Yun Seondo, and Agustina Bessa-Luís. After him are Fritz Reuter, Stefano Benni, Osip Brik, Pamela Colman Smith, Georges Eekhoud, and John Stott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 13. Before him are Carlo Saraceni, Jens Munk, John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Johannes Meursius. After him are Chimalpahin, and John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1644, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 13. Before him are Bernardo Strozzi, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Agostino Tassi, Guru Hargobind, and Georg Marcgrave. After him is Geoffrey Keating.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 1,341 out of 3,355. Before him are Miguel Ríos (1944), Txillardegi (1929), Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones (1863), Isabel Pantoja (1956), Pruden (1916), and Conchita Supervía (1895). After him are María Dolores Pradera (1924), Manuel Olivares (1909), Jordi Mollà (1968), Sígfrid Gràcia (1932), Francisco Ascaso (1901), and Rodrigo Rato (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 151. Before him are Diego Durán (1537), José Cadalso (1741), Carolina Coronado (1820), Almudena Grandes (1960), Carmen de Burgos (1867), and Txillardegi (1929). After him are Francisco Umbral (1932), Manuel José Quintana (1772), Vicente Espinel (1550), Manuel Machado (1874), Gerardo Diego (1896), and Félix María de Samaniego (1745).

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