WRITER

Pepetela

1941 - Today

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Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela. A Portuguese Angolan, Pepetela was born in Benguela, Portuguese Angola, and fought as a member of the MPLA in the long guerrilla war for Angola's independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pepetela has received more than 97,574 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Pepetela is the 4,150th most popular writer (down from 4,136th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Angola (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Angolan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mayombe
History, Fiction
1980
Lueji
1989
Muana puó
Bats, Bats in fiction, Fiction
1978
A gloriosa família
1998
Jaime Bunda, agente secreto
2001
As aventuras de Ngunga
1976
Mayombe
History, Fiction
1980
Lueji
1989
As aventuras de Ngunga
1976
Muana puó
Bats, Bats in fiction, Fiction
1978
A gloriosa família
1998
Jaime Bunda, agente secreto
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pepetela ranks 4,150 out of 7,302. Before him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Pierre Michon, Davit Guramishvili, Susanna Hall, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, and Sue Townsend. After him are Glen A. Larson, Nicholas Pileggi, Giuseppe Adami, Milovan Glišić, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, and Kató Lomb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Pepetela ranks 344. Before him are Charlotte Stewart, Bas van Fraassen, Hank Marvin, David Johnston, Bo Svenson, and Ed Roberts. After him are Pete Rose, Rina Zaripova, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Sahar Khalifeh, Rachid Boudjedra, and Derek Bell.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Pepetela ranks 12 out of 67. Before him are Fernando Peyroteo (1918), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), and Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950). After him are Rui Jordão (1952), Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928), Lúcio Lara (1929), Eduardo Camavinga (2002), José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917), and José Eduardo Agualusa (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Angola

Among writers born in Angola, Pepetela ranks 1. After him are Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928), and José Eduardo Agualusa (1960).

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