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Vicente Aleixandre

1898 - 1984

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Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈθente alejɣˈsandɾe]; 26 April 1898 – 14 December 1984) was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977 "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicente Aleixandre has received more than 172,572 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Vicente Aleixandre is the 853rd most popular writer (up from 878th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 271st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Writer.

Vicente Aleixandre is most famous for his poem "Poema de los Dioses" which he published in 1959.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vicente Aleixandre ranks 853 out of 7,302. Before him are Varlam Shalamov, W. H. Auden, Stesichorus, Jules Renard, Frank Wedekind, and Ahmed Deedat. After him are Meša Selimović, Philippe Ariès, Jan Neruda, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ernesto Sabato, and Iris Murdoch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Vicente Aleixandre ranks 45. Before him are Aloysius Stepinac, Kenji Mizoguchi, Georges Dumézil, Therese Neumann, Latife Uşşaki, and Konrad Henlein. After him are Héctor Scarone, Totò, Fritz Zwicky, Peggy Guggenheim, Julius Schreck, and Joseph Murphy. Among people deceased in 1984, Vicente Aleixandre ranks 31. Before him are Oleg Antonov, Pyotr Kapitsa, Marvin Gaye, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Dmitry Ustinov, and Stanley Milgram. After him are Philippe Ariès, Viktor Shklovsky, Karl Rahner, Pierre Gemayel, Tito Gobbi, and Kim Il.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Aleixandre ranks 262 out of 3,355. Before him are Ibn Jubayr (1145), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Wittiza (687), and Raymond of Penyafort (1175). After him are Lluís Companys (1882), Iker Casillas (1981), Pompeia Plotina (65), Ruy López de Segura (1530), Alfonso I of Asturias (693), and Muhammad I of Córdoba (823).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Vicente Aleixandre ranks 26. Before him are Camilo José Cela (1916), Matilde Camus (1919), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), and Antonio Machado (1875). After him are Jorge Semprún (1923), Silius Italicus (26), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), and Prudentius (348).

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