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José Cadalso

1741 - 1782

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José de Cadalso y Vázquez (Cádiz, 1741 – Gibraltar, 1782) was a Spanish soldier, novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. He was one of the major authors of Spanish Enlightenment literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Cadalso is the 3,873rd most popular writer (up from 4,026th in 2019), the 1,227th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,281st in 2019) and the 141st most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Cadalso ranks 3,873 out of 7,302. Before him are Lina Sandell, Helena Roerich, Vsevolod Ivanov, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Graham Hancock, and Paavo Haavikko. After him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Antiphanes, Kočo Racin, Francesco de Sanctis, and Robert de Clari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, José Cadalso ranks 22. Before him are Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augustin Barruel, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, and Ivan Gudovich. After him are William Withering, Carl Hindenburg, Franciszek Karpiński, Charles Willson Peale, Aagje Deken, and Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain. Among people deceased in 1782, José Cadalso ranks 31. Before him are Christine Kirch, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Richard Wilson, Sava Petrović, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, and Sadeq Khan Zand. After him are Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Martha Jefferson, Henry Home, Lord Kames, and Joseph Pickford.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Cadalso ranks 1,227 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), Pero López de Ayala (1332), Enrique Mateos (1934), José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754), Isacio Calleja (1936), and Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros (1756). After him are Joaquín Caparrós (1955), Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863), Iñigo Martínez (1991), Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831), Fernando Llorente (1985), and Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, José Cadalso ranks 141. Before him are Lope de Rueda (1500), Carolina Coronado (1820), Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579), Txillardegi (1929), and Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824). After him are Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Javier Cercas (1962), Quim Monzó (1952), Alejandro Casona (1903), Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), and Joseba Sarrionandia (1958).

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