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Machado de Assis

1839 - 1908

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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Portuguese: [ʒwɐˈkĩ mɐˈɾi.ɐ mɐˈʃadu dʒ(i) ɐˈsis]), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Machado de Assis has received more than 551,086 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Machado de Assis is the 920th most popular writer (down from 842nd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Writer.

Machado de Assis is most famous for his novel, "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas."

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Machado de Assis ranks 920 out of 5,755. Before him are Fatema Mernissi, Tao Yuanming, André Bazin, Bruce Chatwin, Herodian, and Miroslav Krleža. After him are Agathon, Ibn al-Muqaffa', Aimé Césaire, Jules Renard, James Jones, and Alexandra David-Néel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Machado de Assis ranks 13. Before him are Carol I of Romania, George Armstrong Custer, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Josephine Cochrane, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. After him are Emil Škoda, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, Yoshitoshi, Théodule-Armand Ribot, and Josef Rheinberger. Among people deceased in 1908, Machado de Assis ranks 16. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Pat Garrett, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Butch Cassidy. After him are Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Wilhelm Busch, Victorien Sardou, Radoje Domanović, Antoine Béchamp, and Mikhail Chigorin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Machado de Assis ranks 55 out of 2,067. Before him are Dani Alves (1983), Caetano Veloso (1942), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Gilberto Gil (1942), Cafu (1970), and Kaká (1982). After him are Tostão (1947), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), Zumbi (1655), and Deodoro da Fonseca (1827).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Machado de Assis ranks 3. Before him are Paulo Coelho (1947) and Jorge Amado (1912). After him are Vinicius de Moraes (1913), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), Carlos Marighella (1911), João Guimarães Rosa (1908), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), and José de Alencar (1829).

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