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José Santos Chocano

1875 - 1934

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José Santos Chocano Gastañodi (May 14, 1875 – December 13, 1934), more commonly known by his pseudonym "El Cantor de América" (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃoˈkano]), was a Peruvian poet, writer and diplomat, whose work was widely praised across Europe and Latin America. Considered by many to be one of the most important Spanish-American poets, his poetry of grandiloquent tone was very sonorous and full of color. He produced lyrical poetry of singular intimacy, refined with formalism, within the molds of modernism. His work is inspired by the themes, the landscapes and the people of Peru and of America in general. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Santos Chocano is the 5,830th most popular writer (down from 5,485th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Peru (down from 124th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Peruvian Writer.

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Among writers, José Santos Chocano ranks 5,830 out of 7,302. Before him are Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Margaret Mahy, Derrick Jensen, Olavi Paavolainen, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, and Kay Redfield Jamison. After him are Anita Desai, Curt Siodmak, Goffredo Parise, André Bjerke, Atis Kronvalds, and John Varley.

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Among people born in 1875, José Santos Chocano ranks 187. Before him are Vasily Kachalov, Gunnar Höjer, Isak Saba, Walter Middelberg, Shaqe Çoba, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. After him are Elvira Notari, Miriam A. Ferguson, Emīls Dārziņš, Eddie Polo, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, and Alphonzo Bell. Among people deceased in 1934, José Santos Chocano ranks 159. Before him are Emiliano González Navero, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Walther von Dyck, Majit Gafuri, and Joel Lehtonen. After him are Theobald Smith, Ferenc Móra, Edgeworth David, Edward William Nelson, Karl Dane, and Sergey Lebedev.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, José Santos Chocano ranks 147 out of 287. Before him are Lizardo Montero Flores (1832), Domingo García (1904), Jorge Góngora (1906), Justiniano Borgoño (1836), Justo Figuerola (1771), and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco (1806). After him are Miguel de San Román (1802), Gerónimo Barbadillo (1954), Rubén Correa (1941), Pablo Pacheco (1908), Ottorino Sartor (1945), and Alfredo Bryce (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, José Santos Chocano ranks 13. Before him are José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ciro Alegría (1909), Ricardo Palma (1833), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and Clorinda Matto de Turner (1854). After him are Alfredo Bryce (1939), and Jaime Bayly (1965).

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