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Florbela Espanca

1894 - 1930

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Florbela Espanca (Portuguese: [floɾˈβɛlɐ ɨʃˈpɐ̃kɐ]; born Flor Bela d'Alma da Conceição, 8 December 1894 – 8 December 1930) was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florbela Espanca is the 4,222nd most popular writer (up from 4,288th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 312th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Florbela Espanca ranks 4,222 out of 7,302. Before her are Isidore Isou, Camille Lemonnier, Daniel Varoujan, Ruth Westheimer, Ida B. Wells, and Tobias Wolff. After her are Christiane Rochefort, Félicien Marceau, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Robert Ettinger, Friedebert Tuglas, and Max Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Florbela Espanca ranks 176. Before her are Olive Thomas, Jack Benny, James Thurber, Wilhelm Hasse, Esfir Shub, and José Bustamante y Rivero. After her are Henryk Sławik, Krešimir Baranović, Vladimir Triandafillov, Heikki Liimatainen, James Anderson, and Walter Piston. Among people deceased in 1930, Florbela Espanca ranks 89. Before her are Bill Tuttle, Mary Whiton Calkins, Albert von Le Coq, Max Valier, Misuzu Kaneko, and Alexander Bogomazov. After her are Herbert Hall Turner, Valeriano Weyler, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Prosper-René Blondlot, Joseph Alzin, and Leonard Meredith.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Florbela Espanca ranks 322 out of 633. Before her are Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465), Raul Meireles (1983), João Cancelo (1994), Rui Patrício (1988), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), and Miguel Corte-Real (1448). After her are Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), Jorge Costa (1971), Fernando Chalana (1959), Américo Lopes (1933), João Pinto (1971), and Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Florbela Espanca ranks 26. Before her are António Ferreira (1528), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), Duarte Barbosa (1480), and Antero de Quental (1842). After her are Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Jorge de Montemor (1520), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), Manuel Alegre (1936), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), and José Luandino Vieira (1935).

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