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Ricardo Palma

1833 - 1919

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Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano (February 7, 1833 – October 6, 1919) was a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Palma has received more than 113,080 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ricardo Palma is the 4,069th most popular writer (down from 2,658th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Peru (down from 49th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Peruvian Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 48.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ricardo Palma ranks 4,069 out of 5,755Before him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Fritz Reuter, Maximilian Harden, Milo Yiannopoulos, Marilynne Robinson, and Siamanto. After him are Jien, William Boyd, Attilâ İlhan, Umihana Čuvidina, Cordwainer Smith, and Robert Jungk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Ricardo Palma ranks 54Before him are Fredrik von Otter, Johan Ehrnrooth, John Anderson, Manuel Amador Guerrero, Paul Bert, and Segismundo Moret. After him are John Houlding, Géza Fejérváry, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Constantine V of Constantinople, and Cándido Bareiro. Among people deceased in 1919, Ricardo Palma ranks 113Before him are Viktor Knorre, José Santos Zelaya, Elia Millosevich, Maryana Marrash, Franz Nissl, and Tibor Szamuely. After him are Victorino de la Plaza, Géza Csáth, Paul Deussen, Julia Lermontova, Franz Steindachner, and Louis Diémer.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Ricardo Palma ranks 73 out of 232Before him are Juliane Koepcke (1954), Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), Keiko Fujimori (1975), Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), and Pedro Barreto (1944). After him are Alex Olmedo (1936), Juan Diego Flórez (1973), Mario de las Casas (1905), Nicolás de Piérola (1839), Mario Testino (1954), and Ciro Alegría (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Ricardo Palma ranks 9Before him are Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), and José María Arguedas (1911). After him are Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), José Santos Chocano (1875), and Jaime Bayly (1965).