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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 92,903 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pepetela is the 4,149th most popular writer (down from 3,788th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Angola (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Angolan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pepetela ranks 4,149 out of 5,755. Before him are Bedros Tourian, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Michel Deguy, I. A. L. Diamond, Rodolfo Walsh, and Fedde Schurer. After him are Paul Du Chaillu, Platon Oyunsky, Wen Yiduo, Ivan Shmelyov, Sarah Kane, and Alan Paton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Pepetela ranks 332. Before him are Tom Conti, Derek Bell, Howden Ganley, Lucien Aimar, Paul Theroux, and Eberhard Diepgen. After him are Youcef Yousfi, Christine Delphy, Jesús Moncada, Arie den Hartog, G. A. Cohen, and Anatoly Levchenko.

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In Angola

Among people born in Angola, Pepetela ranks 11 out of 59. Before him are João Lourenço (1954), Fernando Peyroteo (1918), Alexandre do Nascimento (1925), José Águas (1930), Holden Roberto (1923), and Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1950). After him are Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928), José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917), Rui Jordão (1952), Zacarias Kamwenho (1934), Eduardo Camavinga (2002), 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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