WRITER

Josefina Pla

1903 - 1999

Photo of Josefina Pla

Icon of person Josefina Pla

María Josefina Teodora Plá Guerra Galvany (9 November 1903 in Isla de Lobos, Canary Islands, Spain – 11 January 1999 in Asunción, Paraguay) was a Spanish-born Paraguayan poet, playwright, journalist, art critic, sculptor, ceramicist, and historian. She has been described as "the most influential woman in Paraguayan cultural matters in the twentieth century." She received numerous awards and distinctions for her artistic and literary work, for defending human rights and the equality between men and women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josefina Pla is the 4,251st most popular writer (down from 3,941st in 2019), the 1,335th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,254th in 2019) and the 154th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Josefina Pla by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josefina Pla ranks 4,251 out of 7,302. Before her are Radclyffe Hall, Natallia Arsiennieva, Annemarie Selinko, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Osip Brik, and Adrienne Clarkson. After her are Ildefonso Falcones, Joachim Ringelnatz, Mustai Karim, Hiratsuka Raichō, Georges Eekhoud, and Philip Reeve.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Josefina Pla ranks 219. Before her are Hamilton Luske, René Wellek, Bernard Leene, Anatoly Alexandrov, Oleg Losev, and Natallia Arsiennieva. After her are Rudolf Wolters, Jack Oakie, Nils Ramm, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Alfredo Copello, and Gioacchino Colombo. Among people deceased in 1999, Josefina Pla ranks 177. Before her are Horst Frank, Carlos Hathcock, Josef Zeman, Galina Bystrova, Robert Mills, and Taheyya Kariokka. After her are Charles Crichton, Rafael Iglesias, Annibale Frossi, Yevgeny Morgunov, Fritz Honegger, and Regina Ghazaryan.

Others Born in 1903

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1999

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josefina Pla ranks 1,335 out of 3,355. Before her are Gregorio Fernández (1576), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), José Berraondo (1878), María de Zayas (1590), Margarita Xirgu (1888), and Francisco Ascaso (1901). After her are Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Vicente Trueba (1905), Mariana Pineda (1804), Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona (910), Juan García Oliver (1901), and Fernando Trueba (1955).

Others born in Spain

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Josefina Pla ranks 154. Before her are Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), Rosa Montero (1951), Carmen de Burgos (1867), Eduardo Pondal (1835), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), and María de Zayas (1590). After her are Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Gerardo Diego (1896), Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851), Francisco Umbral (1932), Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956), and Gloria Fuertes (1917).

Spanish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous