WRITER

Manuel Bandeira

1886 - 1968

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Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho (April 19, 1886 – October 13, 1968) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Bandeira has received more than 85,602 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Bandeira is the 4,725th most popular writer (down from 4,332nd in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 445th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Notable Works

Brief history of Brazilian literature
History and criticism, Brazilian literature
1958
Guia de Ouro Prêto
Description, Description and travel
1938
Crônicas inéditas
2008
Poesia completa e prosa
1967
Apresentação da poesia brasileira
Brazilian poetry, History and criticism
1946
Antologia dos poetas brasileiros
Brazilian poetry, Brazilian poetry (Collections), Symbolism in literature
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Manuel Bandeira ranks 4,725 out of 7,302. Before him are Sanchuniathon, Cordwainer Smith, Michael Frayn, Edith Sitwell, Dmitry Glukhovsky, and Rod Serling. After him are Fyodor Abramov, Rosa Sensat, William Tenn, Brian Lumley, Robert Menasse, and Andrei Bitov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Manuel Bandeira ranks 222. Before him are Tomás Romero Pereira, Seigō Nakano, Frank Irons, Sakutarō Hagiwara, John M. Stahl, and Władysław Tatarkiewicz. After him are Bogoljub Jevtić, Eugene Burton Ely, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Philip K. Hitti, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, and Angela Piskernik. Among people deceased in 1968, Manuel Bandeira ranks 174. Before him are Naima Wifstrand, Carl Bertilsson, Hamilton Luske, Verner Weckman, Astrid Cleve, and Harold D. Babcock. After him are René Navarre, Archie Mayo, Dan Duryea, Leo Sexton, Hertha Sponer, and Cuno Hoffmeister.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Manuel Bandeira ranks 524 out of 2,236. Before him are Péricles Chamusca (1965), Lucas Moura (1992), Fabinho (1993), José Augusto Brandão (1911), Michel Teló (1981), and Wagner Moura (1976). After him are Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto (1903), Paulo Maluf (1931), Cláudio Coutinho (1939), Edson Tavares (1956), Wagner Lopes (1969), and Roberto Emílio da Cunha (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Manuel Bandeira ranks 26. Before him are Moacyr Scliar (1937), Castro Alves (1847), Nélida Piñon (1937), Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), and Gonçalves Dias (1823). After him are Graciliano Ramos (1892), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Olavo Bilac (1865), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), and Álvares de Azevedo (1831).

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