WRITER

Oswald de Andrade

1890 - 1954

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José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the Group of Five, along with Mário de Andrade, Anita Malfatti, Tarsila do Amaral and Menotti del Picchia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald de Andrade has received more than 109,634 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Oswald de Andrade is the 3,380th most popular writer (down from 3,131st in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 265th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Os condenados
1941
Memórias sentimentais de João Miramar
1964
O rei da vela
1967
Mon coeur balance
2003
O perfeito cozinheiro das almas deste mundo
Biography, Brazilian Authors, Friends and associates
1987
Um homem sem profissão
Authors, Brazilian, Biography, Brazilian Authors
1954

Page views of Oswald de Andrades by language

Over the past year Oswald de Andrade has had the most page views in the with 91,028 views, followed by English (13,385), and Spanish (7,486). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (99.62%), Galician (58.13%), and Occitan (38.85%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oswald de Andrade ranks 3,380 out of 7,302. Before him are Corrado Alvaro, Itō Noe, Philotheus of Pskov, Mykola Khvylovy, George the Hagiorite, and Herman Grimm. After him are Boris Polevoy, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Armen Ohanian, Jean Effel, William Hope Hodgson, and Mika Antić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Oswald de Andrade ranks 134. Before him are Helge Løvland, Erich Weinert, Gösta Ekman, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Harry Hopkins, and Traugott Herr. After him are Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Frank Morgan, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Ben Adams, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, and Olga Desmond. Among people deceased in 1954, Oswald de Andrade ranks 86. Before him are Saburō Kurusu, Hella Wuolijoki, Omer Nishani, Émile Mâle, Samuel Jones, and Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. After him are Vilhelm Buhl, Mikhail Prishvin, Agus Salim, Franz Josef Popp, Theodore Lyman IV, and William Hoyt.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oswald de Andrade ranks 326 out of 2,236. Before him are Denílson de Oliveira Araújo (1977), Sylvinho (1974), Alemão (1961), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Nílton de Sordi (1931), and Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957). After him are Serginho Chulapa (1953), Roberto Miranda (1944), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Neco (1895), Maria Quitéria (1792), and Fred (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Oswald de Andrade ranks 17. Before him are Carlos Marighella (1911), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Rubem Fonseca (1925), José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), and Bernardo Guimarães (1825). After him are Ana Maria Machado (1941), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Castro Alves (1847), Nélida Piñon (1937), and Gregório de Matos (1636).

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