WRITER

Ramón Gómez de la Serna

1888 - 1963

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Ramón Gómez de la Serna y Puig (July 3, 1888 – January 13, 1963), born in Madrid, was a Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator. He strongly influenced surrealist film maker Luis Buñuel. Ramón Gómez de la Serna was especially known for "Greguería", a short form of poetry that roughly corresponds to the one-liner in comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramón Gómez de la Serna has received more than 102,897 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Ramón Gómez de la Serna is the 2,884th most popular writer (down from 2,008th in 2019), the 955th most popular biography from Spain (down from 697th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ramón Gómez de la Serna ranks 2,884 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Bond, Pierre Gamarra, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Andre Norton, Zülfü Livaneli, and Avetik Isahakyan. After him are Hyginus Gromaticus, Tomas Venclova, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Bernardo Atxaga, Antiphanes, and Fazil Iskander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Ramón Gómez de la Serna ranks 117. Before him are Marcel L'Herbier, Michał Sopoćko, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Lead Belly, Sigfried Giedion, and Árpád Szakasits. After him are Josef Beran, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Friedrich Wolf, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Antonio Ascari, and Francisco Canaro. Among people deceased in 1963, Ramón Gómez de la Serna ranks 88. Before him are Adolphe Menjou, Marie Marvingt, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Luis Cernuda, and Elmore James. After him are Hubert Pierlot, Ivan Bek, Otto Struve, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Fernando Tambroni, and Maria Tănase.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ramón Gómez de la Serna ranks 955 out of 3,355. Before him are Álvaro Morte (1975), Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852), Luis de Narváez (1500), Ramón Franco (1896), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), and Juan Mata (1988). After him are Agustina de Aragón (1786), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), Francisco Ayala (1906), Guillermo Gorostiza (1909), María Blanchard (1881), and Pablo Gargallo (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ramón Gómez de la Serna ranks 100. Before him are Moses ibn Ezra (1060), Juvencus (400), Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Cernuda (1902), Juan Marsé (1933), and Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569). After him are Bernardo Atxaga (1951), Francisco Ayala (1906), Jorge Guillén (1893), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), and José Martínez Ruiz (1873).

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