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Josep Pla

1897 - 1981

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Josep Pla i Casadevall (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈpla]; 8 March 1897 – 23 April 1981) was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan and Spanish. He is somewhat controversial for present day Catalans. On the one hand, his prose is widely acknowledged as the finest standard of contemporary literature in Catalan, but on the other hand, his ties to Francoist Spain are often frowned upon, though nowadays this is usually disregarded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josep Pla is the 1,743rd most popular writer (up from 1,812th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Spain (up from 639th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josep Pla ranks 1,743 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcellinus Comes, Arne Garborg, Jack Vance, Yosano Akiko, Xu Shen, and J.-H. Rosny aîné. After him are Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Fernando Arrabal, Moschus, Stanisław Wyspiański, Rick Riordan, and Ivan Klíma.

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Among people born in 1897, Josep Pla ranks 102. Before him are Jesse Douglas, Manuel Ávila Camacho, Maria Valtorta, Fredric March, Elijah Muhammad, and Kurt Gerron. After him are Karol Świerczewski, Otto Struve, Samuel Noah Kramer, Arthur Greiser, Otto Dietrich, and Sergey Taboritsky. Among people deceased in 1981, Josep Pla ranks 56. Before him are Bill Shankly, Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, Mao Dun, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, and Melvyn Douglas. After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Heinz Kohut, Mike Hailwood, Giuseppe Pella, Lotte Reiniger, and Franjo Šeper.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Pla ranks 598 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475), José Antonio Aguirre (1904), Caterina Albert (1869), Javier Clemente (1950), and Fernán González of Castile (910). After him are Víctor Valdés (1982), Adelina Patti (1843), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), Ramon Casas (1866), and Victoria Abril (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Josep Pla ranks 59. Before him are Joseph Karo (1488), Ildefonsus (607), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Mateo Alemán (1547), and Caterina Albert (1869). After him are Fernando Arrabal (1932), Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Abbot Oliba (971), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), and Alonso de Ercilla (1533).

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