WRITER

Mercè Rodoreda

1908 - 1983

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Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí (Catalan pronunciation: [məɾˈsɛ ruðuˈɾɛðə]; 10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983) was a Spanish novelist, who wrote in Catalan. She is considered the most influential contemporary Catalan language writer, as evidenced by the references of other authors in her work and the international repercussion, with translations into more than thirty languages. She also has been called the most important Catalan female novelist of the postwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercè Rodoreda has received more than 117,287 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Mercè Rodoreda is the 1,167th most popular writer (down from 1,070th in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Spain (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Spanish Writer.

Mercè Rodoreda is most famous for her novel "The Time of the Doves," which tells the story of a Catalan family during the Spanish Civil War.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 1,167 out of 7,302. Before her are Rosalía de Castro, Aleksis Kivi, Deepak Chopra, Sankardev, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Gottfried Benn. After her are Polyaenus, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ugo Foscolo, E. Howard Hunt, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, and Giovanni Papini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 58. Before her are Victor Weisskopf, Robert Merle, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Rex Harrison, Stéphane Grappelli, and Masaru Ibuka. After her are Amintore Fanfani, Valentin Glushko, Martha Gellhorn, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Carlos Arias Navarro, and Willard Van Orman Quine. Among people deceased in 1983, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 37. Before her are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Maurice Ronet, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Benigno Aquino Jr., Georges Auric, and George Balanchine. After her are Alberto Ginastera, Jack Dempsey, Rodolfo Gucci, Pridi Banomyong, Joan Robinson, and Dolores del Río.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 379 out of 3,355. Before her are David Villa (1981), Fernando Hierro (1968), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Alfonso V of León (994), and Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492). After her are Teresa Berganza (1933), Yusuf I of Granada (1318), Enrique Simonet (1866), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 42. Before her are Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), and Rosalía de Castro (1837). After her are Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Javier Marías (1951), Ildefonsus (607), Joanot Martorell (1415), and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939).

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