WRITER

Lygia Bojunga Nunes

1932 - Today

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Lygia Bojunga (born 26 August 1932, in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian writer of children's books under the name Lygia Bojunga Nunes. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards: for "lasting contribution to children's literature", she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lygia Bojunga Nunes has received more than 28,935 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lygia Bojunga Nunes is the 4,801st most popular writer, the 543rd most popular biography from Brazil and the 28th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

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  • 48.12

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

My Friend the Painter
Fiction, Brazil, Suicide
A young boy becomes friends with the artist in the apartment upstairs and tries hard to understand when his friend commits suicide.
1991
O sofá estampado
Children's stories, Brazilian
1980
Retratos de Carolina
2002
Tchau
Children's stories, Brazilian
1986
Corda bamba
Orphans, Circus performers, Fiction
1979
Angélica
Juvenile fiction, Animals
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lygia Bojunga Nunes ranks 4,801 out of 7,302. Before her are Gabriello Chiabrera, Robert Bolt, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Zhang Jie, William Martin Leake, and James Lee Burke. After her are Raymond Abellio, Gáspár Heltai, Nicholas Evans, Irving Wallace, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, and Herman Heijermans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lygia Bojunga Nunes ranks 322. Before her are Anatoly Roshchin, Lyudvig Chibirov, Vasili Kuznetsov, József Csermák, Paul J. Weitz, and Luis Ayala. After her are Mario Cuomo, Lodewijk van den Berg, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Ferenc Machos, Imre Polyák, and Josef Musil.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lygia Bojunga Nunes ranks 543 out of 2,236. Before her are Hércules de Miranda (1912), Flávio Conceição (1974), Fausto dos Santos (1905), Edivaldo Martins Fonseca (1962), Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1943), and Jô (1987). After her are Rickson Gracie (1959), Palhinha (1950), Nariz (1912), Clara Nunes (1942), Nilo Murtinho Braga (1903), and César Lattes (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Lygia Bojunga Nunes ranks 28. Before her are Nélida Piñon (1937), Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Manuel Bandeira (1886), and Graciliano Ramos (1892). After her are Olavo Bilac (1865), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), and Erico Verissimo (1905).

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