WRITER

Luis de León

1527 - 1591

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Luis de León (Belmonte, Cuenca, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591), was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic. While serving as professor of Biblical scholarship at the University of Salamanca, Fray Luis also wrote many immortal works of Spanish Christian poetry and translated both Biblical Hebrew poetry and Latin Christian poetry into the Spanish language. Despite being a devout and believing Roman Catholic priest, Fray Luis was descended from a family of Spanish Jewish Conversos and this, as well as his vocal advocacy for teaching the Hebrew language in Catholic universities and seminaries, drew false accusations from the Dominican Order of the heresies of being both a Marrano and a Judaiser. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis de León has received more than 196,290 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Luis de León is the 1,899th most popular writer (down from 1,864th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Spain (down from 647th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

De los nombres de Cristo
Name
1914
La perfecta casada
Accessible book, Bible, Criticism, interpretation
1884
Poems
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism, Textual, Influence
1939

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luis de León ranks 1,899 out of 7,302. Before him are Brian Aldiss, Augustin Barruel, Valery Bryusov, Nora Ephron, Begum Rokeya, and Colin Wilson. After him are José de Espronceda, Voltairine de Cleyre, Erinna, Khushal Khattak, Joseph Addison, and Christopher Robin Milne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Luis de León ranks 11. Before him are Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Barbara Blomberg, Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Agnes of Hesse. After him are Pellegrino Tibaldi, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Li Zhi, Luca Cambiaso, Hamida Banu Begum, and Philippine Welser. Among people deceased in 1591, Luis de León ranks 12. Before him are Veronica Franco, Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Jacobus Gallus, and Jost Amman. After him are Anna Sophia of Prussia, Anna of Hesse, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, and Emilie of Saxony.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de León ranks 661 out of 3,355. Before him are Abbot Oliba (971), Rosalía Mera (1944), Eleanor of Castile (1191), Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978), Abd al-Rahman V (1001), and Julio González (1876). After him are José de Espronceda (1808), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Najwa Nimri (1972), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Fernán González of Castile (910), and Jesús María Pereda (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Luis de León ranks 69. Before him are Miguel Hernández (1910), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Josep Pla (1897), Abbot Oliba (971), and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978). After him are José de Espronceda (1808), José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Jaume Cabré (1947), and Jorge Manrique (1440).

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