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Leopoldo Alas

1852 - 1901

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Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist and journalist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism and anti-clericalism, made him a formidable and controversial critical voice. He died in Oviedo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopoldo Alas is the 1,958th most popular writer (up from 2,230th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from Spain (up from 767th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Leopoldo Alas ranks 1,958 out of 7,302. Before him are David Morrell, Almeida Garrett, James Murray, José Zorrilla, Felice Orsini, and Charles de Brosses. After him are Fred Vargas, Thomas Kyd, Theophylact of Ohrid, Basil Valentine, James Herriot, and Agnes Smedley.

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Among people born in 1852, Leopoldo Alas ranks 44. Before him are Théophile Delcassé, John Harvey Kellogg, Ion Luca Caragiale, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, I. L. Peretz, and Max von Gallwitz. After him are Charles W. Fairbanks, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Henri Gervex, Friedrich Loeffler, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, and John Henry Poynting. Among people deceased in 1901, Leopoldo Alas ranks 34. Before him are François-Marie Raoult, Shō Tai, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Jacob Georg Agardh, and Iosif Gurko. After him are Lev Ivanov, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Oreste Baratieri, Princess Januária of Brazil, and Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Leopoldo Alas ranks 679 out of 3,355. Before him are Santiago Cañizares (1969), Salomé (1939), Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli (1540), Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817), José Zorrilla (1817), and Álvaro del Portillo (1914). After him are Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Idris al-Ma'mun (1186), Daniel Brühl (1978), Ardo (700), Juan Goytisolo (1931), and Sisenand (605).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Leopoldo Alas ranks 73. Before him are Miguel Hernández (1910), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Don Juan Manuel (1282), and José Zorrilla (1817). After him are Juan Goytisolo (1931), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Jaume Cabré (1947), and Salvador de Madariaga (1886).

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