WRITER

María Teresa León

1903 - 1988

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María Teresa León Goyri (31 October 1903 – 13 December 1988) was a Spanish writer, activist and cultural ambassador. Born in Logroño, she was the niece of the Spanish feminist and writer María Goyri (the wife of Ramón Menéndez Pidal). She herself was married to the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of María Teresa León has received more than 35,513 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. María Teresa León is the 5,093rd most popular writer (down from 4,307th in 2019), the 1,580th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,288th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, María Teresa León ranks 5,093 out of 7,302Before her are Riichi Yokomitsu, Elaine May, Savo Kostadinovski, Shankha Ghosh, Frank Heller, and Charlotte Casiraghi. After her are David Belasco, Andreas Kalvos, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Abdul Muis, John O'Hara, and François Weyergans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, María Teresa León ranks 266Before her are Romeo Neri, Lilly Scholz, Curly Howard, Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Lajos Steiner, and Vicente Piera. After her are Adolf Kainz, Marjorie Cox Crawford, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Eric A. Havelock, Ali Sastroamidjojo, and Gérard Delbeke. Among people deceased in 1988, María Teresa León ranks 186Before her are Mildred Gillars, Victorio Unamuno, Marta Abba, Alfred Kelbassa, Jan Brzák-Felix, and Bibi Torriani. After her are Harry Lundahl, Ferit Melen, Guillermo Haro, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mike Beuttler, and Nando González.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, María Teresa León ranks 1,580 out of 3,355Before her are Vicente Piera (1903), Simón Lecue (1912), Alberto Górriz (1958), Manuel Jiménez Jiménez (1964), Carlos Sainz Jr. (1994), and Hipólito Ruiz López (1754). After her are Juan Amat (1946), Lluís Homar (1957), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Dani Olmo (1998), Berenguer de Palou II (1101), and Ana Torrent (1966).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, María Teresa León ranks 182Before her are Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Jean Cassou (1897), Ángel Ganivet (1865), León Felipe (1884), and Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880). After her are Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Juan de Mena (1411), Alfonso Sastre (1926), José María de Pereda (1833), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), and Gabriel Miró (1879).