WRITER

Rosario Castellanos

1925 - 1974

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Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo kasteˈʝanos]; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gender oppression, and her work has influenced Mexican feminist theory and cultural studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosario Castellanos has received more than 371,645 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Rosario Castellanos is the 2,767th most popular writer (down from 2,396th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 107th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Writer.

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  • 370k

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  • 53.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosario Castellanos ranks 2,767 out of 7,302. Before her are Petter Dass, Samuel Smiles, Alice Schwarzer, John Zerzan, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Petr Chelčický. After her are Abolqasem Lahouti, Johannes Mario Simmel, Fumiko Enchi, Robert Holdstock, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Tang Xianzu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Rosario Castellanos ranks 180. Before her are Michael Dummett, Arlene Dahl, Etel Adnan, Julie Harris, Don Alden Adams, and Vera Vasilyeva. After her are Maria Tallchief, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Mai Zetterling, Quett Masire, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Nonna Mordyukova. Among people deceased in 1974, Rosario Castellanos ranks 102. Before her are Aman Andom, Vladimir Smirnov, Olga Baclanova, Victor Boin, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, and Carl Jacob Burckhardt. After her are Lev Oborin, Werner Kohlmeyer, Bert Patenaude, Charlotte Bühler, Antanas Sniečkus, and Yekaterina Furtseva.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Rosario Castellanos ranks 131 out of 729. Before her are Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), Ricardo Rodríguez (1942), Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877), Francisco León de la Barra (1863), and Ignacio Allende (1769). After her are Kitten Natividad (1948), Demián Bichir (1963), Manuel Uribe (1965), Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), Carmen Salinas (1939), and Francisco S. Carvajal (1870).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Rosario Castellanos ranks 8. Before her are Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Juan Rulfo (1917), Fernando del Paso (1935), Laura Esquivel (1950), and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581). After her are Mariano Azuela (1873), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Amado Nervo (1870), Cesar Millan (1969), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), and Guillermo Arriaga (1958).

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