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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 207,838 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Tirso de Molina is the 590th most popular writer (up from 781st in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 231st in 2019) and the 15th 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).

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tirso de Molina ranks 590 out of 5,755Before him are August Wilhelm Schlegel, Eduardo Galeano, Philip Larkin, Thomas Wolfe, Ferenc Molnár, and Ausonius. After him are Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, Samuel Johnson, and Demetrius Vikelas.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tirso de Molina ranks 183 out of 2,932Before him are Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Fernando Sor (1778), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), and Frederick III of Sicily (1272). After him are Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Camilo José Cela (1916), Al-Hakam II (915), and Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Tirso de Molina ranks 15Before him are Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), and Francisco de Quevedo (1584). After him are Camilo José Cela (1916), Leo Africanus (1494), Columella (4), Luis de Góngora (1561), Judah Halevi (1079), and Jacinto Benavente (1866).