1640 - 1723
Sóror Mariana Alcoforado (Santa Maria da Feira, Beja, 22 April 1640 – Beja, 28 July 1723) was a Portuguese nun living in the convent of the Poor Clares (Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Convent of Our Lady of the Conception) in Beja, Portugal. Debate continues as to whether Mariana was the real Portuguese author of the Letters of a Portuguese Nun (comprising five letters). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariana Alcoforado has received more than 41,113 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mariana Alcoforado is the 2,591st most popular writer (down from 2,247th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 171st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Portuguese Writer.
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Among writers, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 2,591 out of 5,755. Before her are Gregory Corso, Marlen Haushofer, E. L. Doctorow, Robert M. Parker Jr., Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, and Al-Farazdaq. After her are Seichō Matsumoto, Guan Hanqing, Lois Lowry, Anton Bernolák, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Michele Ruggieri.
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,585
1920 - 1970
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,586
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,587
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,588
967 - 1007
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,589
641 - 728
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,590
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,591
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,592
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,593
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,594
1762 - 1813
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,595
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,596
1543 - 1607
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 2,597
Among people born in 1640, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 14. Before her are Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Philippe de La Hire, Antoine Coysevox, and Abraham Mignon. After her are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Willem de Vlamingh, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, Claude Fleury, and Gerard de Lairesse. Among people deceased in 1723, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 14. Before her are Praskovia Saltykova, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Zanabazar, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, and Guillaume Dubois. After her are Jan Santini Aichel, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Claude Fleury, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, and Johann Christian Günther.
1640 - 1700
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 8
1640 - 1710
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 9
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 10
1640 - 1718
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 11
1640 - 1720
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 12
1640 - 1679
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 13
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 14
1640 - 1709
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 15
1640 - 1698
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 16
1640 - 1697
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 17
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 18
1640 - 1723
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 19
1640 - 1711
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 20
1664 - 1723
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 8
1704 - 1723
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 9
1635 - 1723
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 10
1666 - 1723
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 11
1648 - 1723
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 12
1656 - 1723
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 13
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 14
1677 - 1723
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 15
1671 - 1723
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 16
1640 - 1723
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 17
1672 - 1723
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 18
1695 - 1723
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 19
Among people born in Portugal, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 208 out of 555. Before her are André Villas-Boas (1977), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403), Ricardo Carvalho (1978), Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), and António de Andrade (1580). After her are Sérgio Conceição (1974), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), Nuno Gomes (1976), Fernando Gomes (1956), Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal (1768), and Jorge Álvares (1401).
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 202
1919 - 2004
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 203
1403 - 1478
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 204
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 205
1515 - 1540
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 206
1580 - 1634
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 207
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 208
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 209
1483 - 1532
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 210
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 211
1956 - 2022
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 212
1768 - 1788
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 213
1401 - 1521
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 214
Among writers born in Portugal, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 16. Before her are Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Almeida Garrett (1799), Luís Fróis (1532), António Vieira (1608), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919). After her are Miguel Torga (1907), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), António Ferreira (1528), Duarte Barbosa (1480), Alexandre Herculano (1810), and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890).
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 10
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 11
1532 - 1597
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 12
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 13
1604 - 1657
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 14
1919 - 2004
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 15
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 16
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 17
1491 - 1558
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 18
1528 - 1569
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 19
1480 - 1521
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 20
1810 - 1877
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 21
1890 - 1916
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 22