WRITER

Miguel Torga

1907 - 1995

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Miguel Torga (Portuguese: [miˈɣɛl ˈtɔɾɣɐ]), pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha (São Martinho de Anta, Sabrosa, Vila Real district, 12 August 1907 – Coimbra, 17 January 1995), is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Torga has received more than 77,232 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Torga is the 2,991st most popular writer (down from 2,799th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Portuguese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Contos da montanha
1976
Bichos
1907
Novos contos da montanha
1959
Poems
Translations into Spanish
1982
A criação do mundo
Creation, Fiction
1948
Rua
1956

Page views of Miguel Torgas by language

Over the past year Miguel Torga has had the most page views in the with 58,571 views, followed by English (8,531), and Spanish (5,536). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (85.42%), Catalan (60.79%), and Ido (53.85%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel Torga ranks 2,991 out of 7,302. Before him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Auguste Barbier, Miklós Radnóti, Wilfred Owen, Jim Rohn, and Juan Ruiz. After him are Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Esaias Tegnér, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Picander, Georges Schehadé, and Arctinus of Miletus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Miguel Torga ranks 159. Before him are Varian Fry, Victor Capesius, Roman Rudenko, Lev Oborin, Shiro Teshima, and Ita Rina. After him are Mariam Aslamazian, Blagoje Marjanović, John Marley, Rosalind Russell, Alfred Delp, and Raymond Braine. Among people deceased in 1995, Miguel Torga ranks 132. Before him are Giancarlo Baghetti, Werner Liebrich, Max Wünsche, Ljubiša Broćić, Alexander Kaidanovsky, and Savely Kramarov. After him are Josef Hügi, Luis Regueiro, Sergio Bertoni, Anatoly Tarasov, Václav Ježek, and Lev Polugaevsky.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Miguel Torga ranks 237 out of 633. Before him are Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), Carlos Seixas (1704), Carlos Tavares (1958), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), José Costa (1953), and Vasco Gonçalves (1921). After him are André Villas-Boas (1977), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), António Simões (1943), José Torres (1938), António de Andrade (1580), and João Fernandes Lavrador (1453).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Miguel Torga ranks 17. Before him are Almeida Garrett (1799), Tomé Pires (1468), António Vieira (1608), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), and Alexandre Herculano (1810). After him are Duarte Barbosa (1480), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and António Ferreira (1528).

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