WRITER

Lygia Fagundes Telles

1923 - 2022

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Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliʒiɐ faˈɡũdʒis ˈtɛlis]; 19 April 1918 – 3 April 2022) was a Brazilian novelist and writer. Educated as a lawyer, she began publishing soon after she completed high school and simultaneously worked as a solicitor and writer throughout most of her career. She was a recipient of the Camões Prize, the highest literary award of the Portuguese language and her works have received honors and awards from Brazil, Chile and France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lygia Fagundes Telles has received more than 91,203 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lygia Fagundes Telles is the 4,324th most popular writer (up from 4,678th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 518th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Seminário dos ratos
Antes do baile verde
As meninas
A disciplina do amor
Ciranda de pedra
Filhos pródigos

Page views of Lygia Fagundes Telles by language

Over the past year Lygia Fagundes Telles has had the most page views in the with 76,346 views, followed by English (8,790), and Spanish (2,263). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (178.08%), Finnish (50.19%), and Quechua (48.61%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 4,324 out of 7,302Before her are Maurice Sachs, Balamani Amma, Ivanka Trump, Philip Arthur Fisher, Robin Sharma, and Mike Resnick. After her are Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Mordecai Richler, Herbert Achternbusch, Dorothee Sölle, Franciszek Karpiński, and Orhan Kemal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 286Before her are Mikhail Pugovkin, Jim Reeves, Bruno Zumino, Adolf Grünbaum, Isao Kimura, and Ernesto Prinoth. After her are Peter Gay, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, N. T. Rama Rao, Geoff Duke, Paul Xuereb, and Ladislav Fuks. Among people deceased in 2022, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 302Before her are Roger E. Mosley, Jean-Claude Mézières, Herbert W. Franke, André Wilms, Christiane Hörbiger, and Omar Borrás. After her are Herbert Achternbusch, Anatoly Kvashnin, Jean Philippe, François Remetter, Nélida Piñon, and Herman Daly.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 462 out of 2,236Before her are Hermínio de Brito (1914), José Lázaro Robles (1924), Ederson (1993), Vágner Love (1984), Ricardo Rocha (1962), and Laurindo Almeida (1917). After her are Moacyr Scliar (1937), Sávio (1974), Castro Alves (1847), José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845), Nélida Piñon (1937), and Marquinhos (1994).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 19Before her are Rubem Fonseca (1925), José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Oswald de Andrade (1890), and Ana Maria Machado (1941). After her are Moacyr Scliar (1937), Castro Alves (1847), Nélida Piñon (1937), Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), and Gonçalves Dias (1823).