1908 - 1983
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 109,858 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Mercè Rodoreda is the 1,072nd most popular writer (down from 1,037th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 311th in 2019) and the 35th 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.
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Among writers, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 1,072 out of 5,755. Before her are W. H. Auden, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Madeleine de Scudéry, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Marcel Pagnol, and Sulpicius Severus. After her are Edith Wharton, Egeria, Cai Yan, Sergey Mikhalkov, Heinrich Kramer, and Nikolay Nekrasov.
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,066
64 BC - 8
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,067
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,068
1427 - 1482
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,069
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,070
360 - 420
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 1,071
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 1,072
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,073
310 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,074
177 - 250
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,075
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,076
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 1,077
1821 - 1878
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 1,078
Among people born in 1908, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 52. Before her are Józef Gosławski, Victor Ambartsumian, Martha Gellhorn, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Rex Harrison, and Robert Merle. After her are Bernard Lee, Stéphane Grappelli, Henri, Count of Paris, Chivu Stoica, Lita Grey, and Valentin Glushko. Among people deceased in 1983, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 36. Before her are Robert Aldrich, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Klaus Nomi, Maurice Ronet, and Luis Monti. After her are Alberto Ginastera, Georges Auric, Georges Bidault, Kurt Tank, Jack Dempsey, and Dolores del Río.
1908 - 1963
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 46
1908 - 1996
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 47
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 48
1908 - 1967
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 49
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 50
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 51
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 52
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 53
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 54
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 55
1908 - 1975
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 56
1908 - 1995
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 57
1908 - 1989
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 58
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 30
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 31
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 32
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 33
1927 - 1983
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 34
1901 - 1983
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 35
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 36
1916 - 1983
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 37
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 38
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 39
1898 - 1983
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 40
1895 - 1983
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 41
1905 - 1983
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 42
Among people born in Spain, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 342 out of 2,932. Before her are Sancho I of Pamplona (865), Eduardo Chillida (1924), Alfonso II of Asturias (759), Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953), Amaro Pargo (1678), and Sergio Ramos (1986). After her are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), David Villa (1981), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Achila II (695), Martin I of Sicily (1374), and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867).
865 - 925
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 336
1924 - 2002
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 337
759 - 842
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 338
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 339
1678 - 1747
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 340
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 341
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 342
1910 - 2000
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 343
1981 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 344
1478 - 1528
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 345
695 - 716
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 346
1374 - 1409
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 347
1867 - 1928
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 348
Among writers born in Spain, Mercè Rodoreda ranks 35. Before her are Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Prudentius (348), Jorge Semprún (1923), and Bernardino de Sahagún (1499). After her are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Joan Fuster (1922), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), and Joseph Karo (1488).
1843 - 1920
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 29
1922 - 2001
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 30
1501 - 1536
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 31
348 - 413
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 32
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 33
1499 - 1590
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 34
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 35
1867 - 1928
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 36
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 37
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 38
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 39
1939 - 2003
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 40
1488 - 1575
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 41