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WRITER

Monteiro Lobato

1882 - 1948

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José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato (18 April 1882 – 4 July 1948) was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Yellow Woodpecker Farm) but he had been previously a prolific writer of fiction, a translator and an art critic. He also founded one of Brazil's first publishing houses (Companhia Editora Nacional) and was a supporter of nationalism. Lobato was born in Taubaté, São Paulo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Monteiro Lobato has received more than 221,850 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Monteiro Lobato is the 2,971st most popular writer (down from 2,687th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 226th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 51.70

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Monteiro Lobato ranks 2,971 out of 5,755Before him are John Brunner, Herbert Achternbusch, Cotton Mather, Robert G. Ingersoll, Roy Medvedev, and Antal Szerb. After him are Bohuslav Balbín, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Janosch, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Charles Lamb, and Amadou Hampâté Bâ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Monteiro Lobato ranks 138Before him are Federico Chávez, Nicolae Titulescu, Huseyn Javid, Cai E, Auguste Herbin, and José Vasconcelos. After him are Sylvia Pankhurst, Alexander Kutepov, Károly Huszár, Otto Ruge, Carl Diem, and Harry Porter. Among people deceased in 1948, Monteiro Lobato ranks 91Before him are Karl Valentin, Na Hye-sok, Pavel Rybalko, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Eugen Slutsky, and Vicente Huidobro. After him are Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Manuel Roxas, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Richard C. Tolman, Charles Evans Hughes, and Richard Tauber.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Monteiro Lobato ranks 244 out of 2,067Before him are Douglas Costa (1990), Raoni Metuktire (1940), Anfilogino Guarisi (1905), Tita (1958), Angelo Sormani (1939), and Branco (1964). After him are Susana Vieira (1942), Lampião (1897), Dondinho (1917), Paulinho (1988), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959), and Mário Jardel (1973).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Monteiro Lobato ranks 13Before him are Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), Carlos Marighella (1911), João Guimarães Rosa (1908), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), and José de Alencar (1829). After him are Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Moacyr Scliar (1937), and Gonçalves Dias (1823).