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Chico Xavier

1910 - 2002

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Chico Xavier (Portuguese: [ˈʃiku ʃɐviˈɛʁ]) or Francisco Cândido Xavier, born Francisco de Paula Cândido ([fɾɐ̃ˈsisku dʒi ˈpawlɐ ˈkɐ̃dʒidu], 2 April 1910 – 30 June 2002), was a popular Brazilian philanthropist and spiritist medium. During a period of 60 years he wrote over 490 books and several thousand letters claiming to use a process known as "psychography". Books based on old letters and manuscripts were published posthumously, bringing the total number of books to 496. The books written by Chico covered a vast range of topics from religion, philosophy, historical romances and novels, Portuguese literature, poetry, and science, as well as thousands of letters intended to inform, console and uplift the families of deceased persons during his psychographic sessions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chico Xavier is the 1,709th most popular writer (down from 1,422nd in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 106th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chico Xavier ranks 1,709 out of 7,302. Before him are Aleksandr Kuprin, Anne Sexton, Friedrich Rückert, Konstantin Paustovsky, Jens Fink-Jensen, and Didymus Chalcenterus. After him are Denis Fonvizin, Rafael Sabatini, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Harris, Jurji Zaydan, and Väinö Linna.

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Among people born in 1910, Chico Xavier ranks 88. Before him are Juan Velasco Alvarado, Hideo Shinojima, Viktors Arājs, Rudolf Lange, Eero Saarinen, and Paul Bowles. After him are Masayoshi Ōhira, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Julien Gracq, Ngô Đình Nhu, He Zizhen, and Armen Takhtajan. Among people deceased in 2002, Chico Xavier ranks 79. Before him are Kim Hunter, Henri Verneuil, Joe Strummer, Velibor Vasović, Pierre Werner, and George Roy Hill. After him are Peggy Lee, John Entwistle, Ole-Johan Dahl, Marina Berti, Erwin Chargaff, and François Périer.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Chico Xavier ranks 135 out of 2,236. Before him are Júlio César (1979), Roberto Dinamite (1954), Émerson Leão (1949), Floriano Peixoto (1839), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), and Edu Coimbra (1947). After him are Alessandra Ambrosio (1981), Jânio Quadros (1917), Alisson (1992), Carlos Pace (1944), Mário de Andrade (1893), and Hulk (1986).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Chico Xavier ranks 7. Before him are Paulo Coelho (1947), Jorge Amado (1912), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Reinaldo Arenas (1943), Machado de Assis (1839), and Osvaldo Moles (1913). After him are Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Carlos Marighella (1911), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), and José de Alencar (1829).

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