WRITER

María Teresa León

1903 - 1988

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María Teresa León Goyri (31 October 1903 – 13 December 1988) was a Spanish writer, activist and cultural ambassador. Born in Logroño, she was the niece of the Spanish feminist and writer María Goyri (the wife of Ramón Menéndez Pidal). She herself was married to the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti. She contributed numerous articles to the periodical Diario de Burgos and published the children's books Cuentos para soñar and La bella del mal amor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. María Teresa León is the 5,082nd most popular writer (up from 5,093rd in 2019), the 1,580th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,582nd in 2019) and the 185th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, María Teresa León ranks 5,082 out of 7,302. Before her are Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Gesualdo Bufalino, Gabriel Miró, Hermann Kant, and Yulia Drunina. After her are Julia Alvarez, Fernando Vallejo, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Andrea Maffei, Robert Charles Wilson, and Bertalan Szemere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, María Teresa León ranks 277. Before her are Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Willi Forst, Hermann Volk, Léon-Étienne Duval, and Tomoji Abe. After her are Billie Dove, Lilly Scholz, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Gérard Delbeke, Yashpal, and Hermanni Pihlajamäki. Among people deceased in 1988, María Teresa León ranks 196. Before her are Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Ottó Boros, Jaú, Phạm Hùng, Hermann Volk, and Freddie Wolff. After her are Alf Kjellin, Carlos Manuel Piedra, Liang Shuming, Louis Versyp, Heather O'Rourke, and Louis L'Amour.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, María Teresa León ranks 1,580 out of 3,355. Before her are Daniel Jarque (1983), Saúl Ñíguez (1994), Guillermo Eizaguirre (1909), Jesé (1993), Gabriel Miró (1879), and Manuel Almunia (1977). After her are Carles Busquets (1967), Crisant Bosch (1907), Manuel Machado (1874), Alba Flores (1986), Diego Tristán (1976), and Concha Piquer (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, María Teresa León ranks 185. Before her are Álvaro Pombo (1939), Juan de Mena (1411), Ángel Ganivet (1865), León Felipe (1884), Xosé María Díaz Castro (1914), and Gabriel Miró (1879). After her are Manuel Machado (1874), Antonio Gamoneda (1931), Beatriz Galindo (1465), Carme Riera (1948), José María de Pereda (1833), and Yann Martel (1963).

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