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José de Alencar

1829 - 1877

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José Martiniano de Alencar (May 1, 1829 – December 12, 1877) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist. He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, and a major exponent of the literary tradition known as "Indianism". Sometimes he signed his works with the pen name Erasmo. He was patron of the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José de Alencar is the 3,007th most popular writer (up from 3,173rd in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 293rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among writers, José de Alencar ranks 3,007 out of 7,302. Before him are Fazil Iskander, Octave Feuillet, Yasmina Khadra, Zabel Yesayan, Nahum Goldmann, and Aasmund Olavsson Vinje. After him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Diphilus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Leonid Leonov, Rachel Bluwstein, and Anne McCaffrey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, José de Alencar ranks 38. Before him are Ignacio Zaragoza, Moritz Cantor, Jean-Jacques Henner, Konrad Duden, Laurence Oliphant, and Allan Octavian Hume. After him are Joaquin Murrieta, Princess Louise of Prussia, Thomas Hill, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, and Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer. Among people deceased in 1877, José de Alencar ranks 38. Before him are Walter Bagehot, Alexandre Herculano, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Louise Bertin, Johann Christian Poggendorff, and Charles Wilkes. After him are Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Johann von Herbeck, Fernán Caballero, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Nikolay Ogarev, and Alexander Bain.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José de Alencar ranks 272 out of 2,236. Before him are Oscar (1991), Branco (1964), Ronald Golias (1929), Fernandinho (1985), César Sampaio (1968), and Elza Soares (1930). After him are Roberto Moreno (1959), Antony (2000), Casemiro (1992), Bruno Senna (1983), Flávio Costa (1906), and Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, José de Alencar ranks 13. Before him are Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Carlos Marighella (1911), and Bernardo Guimarães (1825). After him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Lui Morais (1961), and Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923).

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