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Dámaso Alonso

1898 - 1990

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Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dámaso Alonso is the 3,151st most popular writer (up from 3,285th in 2019), the 1,038th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,082nd in 2019) and the 112th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Dámaso Alonso ranks 3,151 out of 7,302. Before him are Rahul Sankrityayan, Olaudah Equiano, Juan Fernández de Heredia, Edward Gorey, Eduard Vilde, and D. R. Bendre. After him are Itzhak Katzenelson, Ahmad Javad, William Congreve, Mikhail Kuzmin, Cecil Bødker, and Theodore Balsamon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Dámaso Alonso ranks 137. Before him are Leopold Okulicki, Jack Haley, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Jacob Tullin Thams, and David Jack. After him are Allen Woodring, Franz Bäke, Grace Moore, Luís Carlos Prestes, Helene Engelmann, and Eero Lehtonen. Among people deceased in 1990, Dámaso Alonso ranks 129. Before him are Feng Youlan, Matvey Blanter, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Dodie Smith, Hans Freudenthal, and Kelly Johnson. After him are Gordon Jackson, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Aldo Fabrizi, Luís Carlos Prestes, Rodolfo Orlandini, and Del Shannon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Dámaso Alonso ranks 1,038 out of 3,355. Before him are Jordi Alba (1989), Ferdinand de la Cerda (1255), Oona Chaplin (1986), Artur Mas (1956), Ermengol I, Count of Urgell (1000), and Aioulf (400). After him are Miguel Ángel González Suárez (1947), José María Zárraga (1930), García Jiménez of Pamplona (800), Juan Marsé (1933), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), and Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Dámaso Alonso ranks 112. Before him are Lola Anglada (1892), Robert de Nola (1500), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Àngel Guimerà (1845), Louis of Granada (1504), and Juan Ruiz (1283). After him are Juan Marsé (1933), Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Ignacio Ramonet (1943), Pedro Salinas (1891), Joan Maragall (1860), and Joan Brossa (1919).

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