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Aquilino Ribeiro

1885 - 1963

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Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐkiˈlinu ʁiˈbɐjɾu]; 13 September 1885 – 27 May 1963, Lisbon), was a Portuguese writer and diplomat. He is generally considered to be one of the great Portuguese novelists of the 20th century. In 1960, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature; having been nominated by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Escritores. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aquilino Ribeiro is the 5,452nd most popular writer (down from 5,442nd in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 367th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Aquilino Ribeiro ranks 5,452 out of 7,302. Before him are Francis Carco, Cynthia McLeod, Alison Lurie, Nikolai Pogodin, Walter J. Ong, and János Pilinszky. After him are Sax Rohmer, Albert Engström, Robert Bly, Edoardo Sanguineti, Luis Rosales, and Birago Diop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Aquilino Ribeiro ranks 225. Before him are Jaafar Al-Askari, Leonard Peterson, Carl Silfverstrand, Leonida Tonelli, Prudencia Ayala, and Aldo Palazzeschi. After him are Otto Kruger, René Benjamin, Károly Dietz, George Fitzmaurice, Alan Noble, and John Fenning. Among people deceased in 1963, Aquilino Ribeiro ranks 182. Before him are Jack Carson, Franco Comotti, Kay Sage, María Guadalupe García Zavala, Adrien Rommel, and Aleksandr Gerasimov. After him are Benno Moiseiwitsch, Mariano Arrate, Georgy Ushakov, Frans Blom, Ion Agârbiceanu, and Louis Ségura.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Aquilino Ribeiro ranks 380 out of 633. Before him are Pedro Proença (1970), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), João Palhinha (1995), João Sassetti (1892), Nuno Bettencourt (1966), and Elisa Ferreira (1955). After him are João Morais (1935), Rui Barros (1965), Félix de Avelar Brotero (1744), Germano de Figueiredo (1932), João Mário (1993), and Jaime Graça (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Aquilino Ribeiro ranks 35. Before him are Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), Manuel Alegre (1936), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), José Luandino Vieira (1935), Guerra Junqueiro (1850), and Eugénio de Andrade (1923). After him are Natália Correia (1923), Jorge de Sena (1919), Herberto Hélder (1930), Ferreira de Castro (1898), and José Luís Peixoto (1974).

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