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José Enrique Rodó

1871 - 1917

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José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro (15 July 1871 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist. He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important Hispanic thinkers of that time, Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) in Spain, José de la Riva-Agüero in Peru, and, most importantly, with Rubén Darío, the most influential Latin American poet to date, the founder of modernismo. As a result of his refined prose style and the modernista ideology he pushed, Rodó is today considered the preeminent theorist of the modernista school of literature. Rodó is best known for his essay Ariel (1900), drawn from The Tempest, in which Ariel represents the positive, and Caliban represents the negative tendencies in human nature, and they debate the future course of history, in what Rodó intended to be a secular sermon to Latin American youth, championing the cause of the classical western tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Enrique Rodó is the 3,683rd most popular writer (up from 4,122nd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 115th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Uruguayan Writer.

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Among writers, José Enrique Rodó ranks 3,683 out of 7,302. Before him are Steve Berry, Oton Župančič, Peter Dickinson, Rupert Brooke, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, and Saib Tabrizi. After him are Ludwig Anzengruber, Charles Fort, Yu Hua, Georgi Pulevski, Janet Asimov, and Esteban Echeverría.

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Among people born in 1871, José Enrique Rodó ranks 105. Before him are Alwin Berger, Gino Fano, Arthur Wynne, Daniel Alomía Robles, Doppo Kunikida, and Fritz Schaudinn. After him are Lottie Dod, Dénes Berinkey, Emily Carr, Kōtoku Shūsui, Fyodor Dan, and Igor Grabar. Among people deceased in 1917, José Enrique Rodó ranks 80. Before him are Yi Jun-yong, Édouard Drumont, Federico Zandomeneghi, Yikuang, Kristian Zahrtmann, and James Crafts. After him are Charles Horton Peck, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Werner Voss, Yevgeni Bauer, Stanley Maude, and Gaston Alibert.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, José Enrique Rodó ranks 93 out of 444. Before him are Andrés Mazali (1902), Julio Pérez (1926), Juan Carlos Calvo (1906), Ángel Melogno (1905), Joaquín Torres-García (1874), and Carlos Riolfo (1905). After him are Ida Vitale (1923), Juan Burgueño (1923), Juan Mujica (1943), William Martínez (1928), Rubén Morán (1930), and Diego Lugano (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, José Enrique Rodó ranks 11. Before him are Juan Carlos Onetti (1909), Horacio Quiroga (1878), Jules Supervielle (1884), Delmira Agustini (1886), Cristina Peri Rossi (1941), and Juana de Ibarbourou (1892). After him are Ida Vitale (1923), Felisberto Hernández (1902), Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936), Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855), Claudio Williman (1861), and Idea Vilariño (1920).

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