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Miguel Otero Silva

1908 - 1985

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Miguel Otero Silva (October 26, 1908 – August 28, 1985), was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, humorist and politician. A figure of great relevance in Venezuelan literature, his literary and journalistic works related strictly to the socio-political history of Venezuela. Throughout his life he was repeatedly forced into exile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Otero Silva has received more than 51,956 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Miguel Otero Silva is the 4,798th most popular writer (down from 4,391st in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 57th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Venezuelan Writer.

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  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel Otero Silva ranks 4,798 out of 5,755. Before him are Vikenty Veresaev, Edward Carpenter, Jean Vautrin, Tobias Wolff, Heðin Brú, and Anna Brigadere. After him are Tom Robbins, Thea Beckman, Raghunath Murmu, Walter M. Miller Jr., William Harrison Ainsworth, and Petr Bezruč.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Miguel Otero Silva ranks 281. Before him are Franz Cisar, Nicolás Lindley López, Alejandro Villanueva, Tauno Palo, Hu Die, and Antonio Pesenti. After him are Devika Rani, Gioacchino Guaragna, Aleksei Arbuzov, Mae Questel, Dee Brown, and Théodore Nouwens. Among people deceased in 1985, Miguel Otero Silva ranks 186. Before him are Carlos Mota Pinto, Božo Broketa, William Stevenson, Harald Cramér, John Holt, and Paul Peter Ewald. After him are Maya Kristalinskaya, Josef Smistik, Renato Olmi, Inger Hagerup, Emerson Spencer, and Alfredo Duhalde.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Miguel Otero Silva ranks 63 out of 155. Before him are Rosalio José Castillo Lara (1922), Jacinto Convit (1913), Garbiñe Muguruza (1993), Joaquín Crespo (1841), Ignacio Velasco (1929), and José María Carreño (1792). After him are Andrés Narvarte (1781), Pastor Maldonado (1985), José Gregorio Monagas (1795), Henrique Capriles (1972), Eugenio Montejo (1938), and Juan Bautista Pérez (1869).

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Among WRITERS In Venezuela

Among writers born in Venezuela, Miguel Otero Silva ranks 4. Before him are Rómulo Gallegos (1884), Rafael de Nogales Méndez (1879), and Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906). After him are Eugenio Montejo (1938) and Boris Izaguirre (1965).

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