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Nicolás Gómez Dávila

1913 - 1994

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Nicolás Gómez Dávila (locally [nikoˈlaz ˈɡomez ˈdaβila]; 18 May 1913 – 17 May 1994) was a Colombian reactionary philosopher and aphorist sometimes referred to as “Nietzsche from the Andes.” Gómez Dávila's fame began to spread only in the last few years before his death, particularly by way of German translations of his works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolás Gómez Dávila has received more than 295,672 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nicolás Gómez Dávila is the 1,330th most popular writer (up from 1,341st in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Writer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

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  • 1.59

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicolás Gómez Dávila ranks 1,330 out of 5,755. Before him are Xavier de Maistre, Siegfried Kracauer, Liang Qichao, Joseph Karo, Vladimir Bartol, and Georges Rodenbach. After him are Joanot Martorell, Reinaldo Arenas, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Robert Bloch, Chūya Nakahara, and Aleksis Kivi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Nicolás Gómez Dávila ranks 73. Before him are Tito Gobbi, Lloyd Bridges, Edward Gierek, Heinz Linge, Robert Adler, and Stewart Granger. After him are Alexander Pokryshkin, Boris Pahor, Loretta Young, Eddie Constantine, Mary Leakey, and Heinz Kohut. Among people deceased in 1994, Nicolás Gómez Dávila ranks 65. Before him are Joseph Cotten, Sylva Koscina, Terence Young, John Candy, Sebastian Shaw, and Chung Il-kwon. After him are Robert Bloch, Max Bill, James Clavell, Cab Calloway, Lionel Stander, and Clement Greenberg.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Nicolás Gómez Dávila ranks 11 out of 306. Before him are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), René Higuita (1966), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Carlos Valderrama (1961), and Luis Carlos Galán (1943). After him are Rodrigo Lara (1946), Pedro López (1948), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Griselda Blanco (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), and Sofía Vergara (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Colombia

Among writers born in Colombia, Nicolás Gómez Dávila ranks 2. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927). After him are Samael Aun Weor (1917), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Jorge Isaacs (1837), Fernando Vallejo (1942), José Eustasio Rivera (1888), and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (1973).

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