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Mariano José de Larra

1809 - 1837

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Mariano José de Larra y Sánchez de Castro (24 March 1809 – 13 February 1837) was a Spanish romantic writer and journalist best known for his numerous essays and his infamous suicide. His works were often satirical and critical of the 19th-century Spanish society, and focused on both the politics and customs of his time. Larra lived long enough to prove himself a great prose-writer during the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariano José de Larra has received more than 150,831 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Mariano José de Larra is the 2,020th most popular writer (down from 1,920th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 669th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Spanish Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mariano José de Larra ranks 2,020 out of 7,302. Before him are Julien Gracq, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Matthieu Ricard, Sophron, Richard Brautigan, and Tanya Savicheva. After him are Bella Akhmadulina, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Julian Tuwim, Jean Starobinski, Cassius Longinus, and Karen Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Mariano José de Larra ranks 27. Before him are Luigi Federico Menabrea, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Sebastián Iradier, Fredrik Pacius, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, and Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust. After him are François Certain de Canrobert, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Edward FitzGerald, Hannibal Hamlin, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, and Jules Favre. Among people deceased in 1837, Mariano José de Larra ranks 22. Before him are Adam Afzelius, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, 10th Dalai Lama, Ludwig Börne, William George Horner, and Jean-François Le Sueur. After him are Gaspar del Bufalo, Akbar II, Marguerite Gérard, John Latham, François-Xavier Fabre, and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mariano José de Larra ranks 703 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817), Caterina Albert (1869), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Estanislao Figueras (1819), Ramon Casas (1866), and Juan de Valdés Leal (1622). After him are Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1882), Lorenzo Fernández (1900), Álvaro del Portillo (1914), Jacinto Quincoces (1905), Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), and Josep Maria Bartomeu (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Mariano José de Larra ranks 77. Before him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Jaume Cabré (1947), Jorge Manrique (1440), and Caterina Albert (1869). After him are Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Ramón Sampedro (1943), Salvador de Madariaga (1886), Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532), Fernando de Rojas (1470), and Leopoldo Alas (1852).

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