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Nélida Piñon

1937 - 2022

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Nélida Piñon (3 May 1937 – 17 December 2022) was a Brazilian author and professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nélida Piñon has received more than 61,616 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Nélida Piñon is the 4,352nd most popular writer (down from 4,280th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 434th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Brazilian Writer.

Nélida Piñon is a Brazilian author and journalist who is best known for her contributions to Brazilian literature. She has written numerous novels, short stories, and essays, many of which have won prestigious awards, including the Camões Prize, the most important literary award in the Portuguese-speaking world. Piñon is known for her lyrical and poetic prose, which explores themes such as identity, memory, and the human condition.

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  • 49.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nélida Piñon ranks 4,352 out of 7,302. Before her are Ladislav Fuks, Daniil Granin, Castro Alves, Francisco Umbral, Louis Hémon, and Osman Nuri Topbaş. After her are Reinhard Bonnke, Giovanni Arpino, Ippolito Nievo, Pierre Mac Orlan, Yury Trifonov, and Feodor Gladkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Nélida Piñon ranks 308. Before her are Jennifer Welles, Brian G. Marsden, Nikolay Drozdov, Moacyr Scliar, Galimzyan Khusainov, and Anna Massey. After her are Joe Henderson, Jørgen Leth, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Lawrence Roberts, Una Stubbs, and Ingrid Pitt. Among people deceased in 2022, Nélida Piñon ranks 307. Before her are Omar Borrás, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Herbert Achternbusch, Anatoly Kvashnin, Jean Philippe, and François Remetter. After her are Herman Daly, Kevin Conroy, Taylor Hawkins, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Greg Bear, and Rodri.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nélida Piñon ranks 467 out of 2,236. Before her are Laurindo Almeida (1917), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Sávio (1974), Castro Alves (1847), and José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845). After her are Marquinhos (1994), Bernardo Rezende (1959), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Mano Menezes (1962), Danilo (1991), and Luís Mesquita de Oliveira (1911).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Nélida Piñon ranks 22. Before her are Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Moacyr Scliar (1937), and Castro Alves (1847). After her are Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Graciliano Ramos (1892), and Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932).

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