WRITER

Pío Baroja

1872 - 1956

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Pío Baroja y Nessi (28 December 1872 – 30 October 1956) was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pío Baroja has received more than 171,358 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Pío Baroja is the 1,554th most popular writer (down from 1,541st in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Spain (down from 532nd in 2019) and the 56th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pío Baroja ranks 1,554 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth of the Trinity, John Dickson Carr, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Junji Ito, Raymond Roussel, and Elizabeth Bishop. After him are Antoine de Montchrestien, Ben Shapiro, Wen Tianxiang, Liu Cixin, Michael Moorcock, and Jeffery Deaver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Pío Baroja ranks 51. Before him are Ottokar Czernin, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Vladimir Arsenyev, Mathilde Kschessinska, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Mikhail Tsvet. After him are Otto Braun, Sidónio Pais, Carlo Sforza, Albert Sarraut, Anton Korošec, and Akhmet Baitursynov. Among people deceased in 1956, Pío Baroja ranks 57. Before him are Hiram Bingham III, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Otto Schmidt, Max Emmerich, Drastamat Kanayan, and Thomas J. Watson. After him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Michael Ventris, Nikolaj Velimirović, Elpidio Quirino, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, and Miklós Nyiszli.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pío Baroja ranks 544 out of 3,355. Before him are Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896), Bernard of Septimania (795), Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona (972), Ausiàs March (1400), José de Acosta (1540), and Federica Montseny (1905). After him are Fermin (272), Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818), Miguel Ángel González Suárez (1947), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), and Luis de Molina (1535).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Pío Baroja ranks 56. Before him are Don Juan Manuel (1282), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Ibn al-Khatib (1313), Juan Goytisolo (1931), Ausiàs March (1400), and José de Acosta (1540). After him are Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), Mateo Alemán (1547), and Sabino Arana (1865).

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