WRITER

Miguel Hernández

1910 - 1942

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Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment to build up his intellectual education, such as a father who physically abused him for spending time with books instead of working, and who took him out of school as soon as he finished his primary education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Hernández has received more than 217,436 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Hernández is the 1,773rd most popular writer (down from 1,704th in 2019), the 626th most popular biography from Spain (down from 604th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel Hernández ranks 1,773 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasily Shukshin, Friedrich Rückert, Joseph Joubert, Magnús Scheving, Ted Hughes, and Felice Orsini. After him are Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Aryadeva, Vasyl Stus, John Banville, Patricia Cornwell, and Väinö Linna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Miguel Hernández ranks 84. Before him are Sergey Gorshkov, He Zizhen, Louis Slotin, Maurice Papon, Irmfried Eberl, and Juan Velasco Alvarado. After him are Remo Giazotto, Kenneth E. Boulding, Jack Hawkins, Masayoshi Ōhira, Johan Ferrier, and Trygve Bratteli. Among people deceased in 1942, Miguel Hernández ranks 72. Before him are Avraham Stern, Augustinas Voldemaras, Alexander Belyaev, Valdemar Poulsen, John Barrymore, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Mikhail Nesterov, Erwin Schulhoff, Georg Alexander Pick, Julio González, Leonid Kulik, and Alfred Flatow.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel Hernández ranks 626 out of 3,355. Before him are Santiago Rusiñol (1861), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Junípero Serra (1713), Catalina de Erauso (1592), Ramon Muntaner (1265), and Abraham bar Hiyya (1070). After him are Antonio de Mendoza (1494), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Daniel Brühl (1978), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), and María Zambrano (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Miguel Hernández ranks 63. Before him are Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), Mateo Alemán (1547), and Sabino Arana (1865). After him are Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Josep Pla (1897), Abbot Oliba (971), Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978), and Luis de León (1527).

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