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Jorge de Montemor

1520 - 1561

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Jorge de Montemor (Spanish: Jorge de Montemayor) (1520? – 26 February 1561) was a Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish. His most famous work is a pastoral prose romance, the Diana (1559). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge de Montemor is the 4,819th most popular writer (down from 3,561st in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 268th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge de Montemor ranks 4,819 out of 7,302Before him are Hilde Domin, Marie Hankel, Gáspár Heltai, William of Poitiers, Arkady Fiedler, and Gilles Perrault. After him are Pratibha Ray, Jonathan Carroll, Vitaliano Brancati, Shin Kyung-sook, Jakob Abbadie, and Valentin Conrart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Jorge de Montemor ranks 26Before him are Isabella di Morra, Estácio de Sá, Giovanni Animuccia, Adam Bohorič, Girolamo Cassar, and Wacław of Szamotuły. After him are Gaspar Becerra, and Hans Eworth. Among people deceased in 1561, Jorge de Montemor ranks 22Before him are Hans Tausen, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Yamamoto Kansuke, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Mother Shipton, and Simon Bening.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Jorge de Montemor ranks 344 out of 633Before him are João Pinto (1961), Lourenço de Almeida (1480), Rafael Leão (1999), Simone de Oliveira (1938), Beto (1982), and Paulo Ferreira (1979). After him are Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857), Pedro Costa (1958), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), João Lourenço (1942), Manuel Alegre (1936), and Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Jorge de Montemor ranks 28Before him are Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), Duarte Barbosa (1480), Antero de Quental (1842), Florbela Espanca (1894), and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765). After 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).