WRITER

Miguel Mihura

1905 - 1977

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Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy Tres sombreros de copa (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and that broke with many of the previous conventions of Spanish comic theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Mihura has received more than 34,984 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Mihura is the 5,745th most popular writer (down from 5,252nd in 2019), the 1,794th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,600th in 2019) and the 200th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

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  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel Mihura ranks 5,745 out of 7,302. Before him are Jules Roy, Darya Dontsova, Alberto Bevilacqua, Ann Rule, Ivan Tavčar, and Mateja Matevski. After him are Gerrit Achterberg, Dina Rubina, Mulk Raj Anand, Margaret Mahy, Thomas Brezina, and Gianni Celati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Miguel Mihura ranks 330. Before him are Iosif Kheifits, Anna Chandy, Sheikh Abdullah, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Dragutin Tadijanović, and T. Keith Glennan. After him are Gerrit Achterberg, Mulk Raj Anand, Raúl Fernández, Sam Zimbalist, José Nehin, and Jules Pappaert. Among people deceased in 1977, Miguel Mihura ranks 228. Before him are Marston Morse, Helen Ferguson, H. A. Rey, Nunnally Johnson, Hans Pulver, and Gersh Budker. After him are Richard Brauer, Karl Kreutzberg, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Irene Steer, Alexey Gribov, and Birger Rosengren.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel Mihura ranks 1,794 out of 3,355. Before him are Mikel Alonso (1980), Manuel Chaves (1945), Francesc Xavier Bultó (1912), Javier Aguirresarobe (1948), Leonor, Princess of Asturias (2005), and Fernando Vázquez (1954). After him are Kiko Casilla (1986), Pedro Casado (1937), Luis Alberto (1992), Jehuda Cresques (1350), Kiko (1972), and José Hierro (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Miguel Mihura ranks 200. Before him are Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901), Blas de Otero (1916), Elvira Lindo (1962), Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), Manuel Rivas (1957), and José Manuel Caballero (1926). After him are José Hierro (1922), Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1832), Arantxa Urretabizkaia (1947), Dolores Redondo (1969), Xosé María Díaz Castro (1914), and José Amador de los Ríos (1818).

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