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Mariana Alcoforado

1640 - 1723

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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 40,735 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

Among writers, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 2,591 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 14Before 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 14Before 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.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 208 out of 555Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Mariana Alcoforado ranks 16Before 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).