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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

1867 - 1928

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈθente ˈβlaskojˈβaɲeθ], 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez has received more than 194,781 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is the 1,022nd most popular writer (up from 1,082nd in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Spain (up from 348th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Spanish Writer.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a Spanish novelist, journalist, and politician. He is most famous for his novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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  • 190k

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  • 61.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 1,022 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas De Quincey, André Bazin, August Kubizek, Mary Higgins Clark, Shūsaku Endō, and Egill Skallagrímsson. After him are Guido Cavalcanti, Persius, Hrotsvitha, Marguerite Porete, Benito Pérez Galdós, and Jean-Claude Carrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 36. Before him are Margaret Brown, Rubén Darío, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Percy Fawcett, and Kurt Eisner. After him are Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Groener, Madam C. J. Walker, Henry L. Stimson, Antti Aarne, and Charles Koechlin. Among people deceased in 1928, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 24. Before him are Stjepan Radić, Antonio Abetti, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Luigi Cadorna, H. H. Asquith, and Reinhard Scheer. After him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Álvaro Obregón, Loie Fuller, Li Yuanhong, Armando Diaz, and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 335 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Francisco Largo Caballero (1869), Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Joseph Calasanz (1556), and Pedro Sánchez (1972). After him are Al-Qurtubi (1214), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), and Berengaria of Castile (1180).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 34. Before him are Silius Italicus (26), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Prudentius (348), and Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922). After him are Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), and Bernardino de Sahagún (1499).

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