WRITER

Olavo Bilac

1865 - 1918

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Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈlavu biˈlak(i)]), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He was elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" in 1907 by the magazine Fon-Fon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olavo Bilac has received more than 117,075 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Olavo Bilac is the 4,931st most popular writer (down from 4,483rd in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 486th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 47.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poesias
1956
Olavo Bilac
1976
Bocage
1917
Poesia
1913
Os melhores poemas de Olavo Bilac
1985
Critica e fantasia
1904

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olavo Bilac ranks 4,931 out of 7,302. Before him are Sam Houser, Mark Frost, Swarnakumari Devi, Marin Sorescu, Wang Meng, and Frédérick Tristan. After him are Mary Oliver, Piers Anthony, Eyvindr skáldaspillir, Sahir Ludhianvi, Albert Londres, and Anna Maria Lenngren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Olavo Bilac ranks 134. Before him are May Whitty, Guido Castelnuovo, Louis Borno, Madison Grant, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, and Otto Modersohn. After him are Charles Champaud, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Walter Leistikow, William Birdwood, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, and Gustaf Söderström. Among people deceased in 1918, Olavo Bilac ranks 149. Before him are Marcel Deprez, Ali Aaltonen, Henry Macintosh, Thérèse Schwartze, Nigâr Hanım, and Orville Gibson. After him are Virgilio Fossati, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Henri Tauzin, Abbas Sahhat, Johannes Thiele, and Arno Bieberstein.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Olavo Bilac ranks 566 out of 2,236. Before him are Alice Braga (1983), Beth Carvalho (1946), Alex (1982), Doca (1903), Alex Telles (1992), and Andreas Kisser (1968). After him are Francisco Mignone (1897), Josué de Castro (1908), Anderson (1988), Edílson (1971), Malcom (1997), and Nelson Prudêncio (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Olavo Bilac ranks 29. Before him are Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Graciliano Ramos (1892), and Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932). After him are Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Erico Verissimo (1905), and Ferreira Gullar (1930).

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