WRITER

Tirso de Molina

1579 - 1648

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Gabriel Téllez (c. 24 March 1583 – c. 20 February 1648), also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet, and Roman Catholic monk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tirso de Molina has received more than 218,080 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Tirso de Molina is the 621st most popular writer (down from 589th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Spain (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Spanish Writer.

Tirso de Molina is most famous for writing "El Burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra" (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest).

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

El vergonzoso en palacio
1910
Cigarrales de Toledo
1631
Burlador de Sevilla
1885
La prudencia en la mujer
1876
[Comedias sueltas]
1733
Don Gil de las calzas verdes
1800

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tirso de Molina ranks 621 out of 7,302. Before him are Dietrich Eckart, Olga Tokarczuk, Bert Hellinger, Louisa May Alcott, Émile Verhaeren, and Leo Africanus. After him are Alfred Döblin, J. M. Barrie, Poliziano, Mihai Eminescu, Zecharia Sitchin, and August Wilhelm Schlegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Tirso de Molina ranks 1. After him are Martin de Porres, Tokugawa Hidetada, Frans Snyders, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Jens Munk, John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Johannes Meursius. Among people deceased in 1648, Tirso de Molina ranks 5. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Christian IV of Denmark, Władysław IV Vasa, and Marin Mersenne. After him are Joseph Calasanz, George I Rákóczi, Claudia de' Medici, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Qin Liangyu, Vincent Voiture, and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tirso de Molina ranks 180 out of 3,355. Before him are Martin of Aragon (1356), Alfonso II of Aragon (1157), Enrique Granados (1867), Columella (4), Penélope Cruz (1974), and Leo Africanus (1494). After him are Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), Peter II of Aragon (1174), John I of Castile (1358), Carmen Amaya (1913), and Kane (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Tirso de Molina ranks 19. Before him are Henry IV of Castile (1425), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Judah Halevi (1079), Columella (4), and Leo Africanus (1494). After him are Camilo José Cela (1916), Matilde Camus (1919), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), and Antonio Machado (1875).

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