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Miguel Hernández

1910 - 1942

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Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment to build up his intellectual education, such as a father who physically abused him for spending time with books instead of working, and who took him out of school as soon as he finished his primary education. At school, he became a friend of Ramón Sijé, a well-educated boy who lent and recommended books to Hernández, and whose death would inspire his most famous poem, Elegy. Hernández died of tuberculosis, imprisoned due to his active participation on the Republican side of the civil war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Hernández is the 1,873rd most popular writer (down from 1,772nd in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from Spain (down from 626th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Miguel Hernández ranks 1,873 out of 7,302. Before him are Luis de León, Prosper of Aquitaine, John Christopher, Richard Ford, Yasmina Reza, and Jean-Pierre Thiollet. After him are Giovanni Battista Guarini, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Masaoka Shiki, Zinaida Gippius, Siri Hustvedt, and Hugh Lofting.

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Among people born in 1910, Miguel Hernández ranks 98. Before him are Ngô Đình Nhu, He Zizhen, Armen Takhtajan, Sergey Gorshkov, J. Allen Hynek, and Irmfried Eberl. After him are David Rose, Remo Giazotto, Jack Shea, Enrique Guaita, Maurice Papon, and Maria Cebotari. Among people deceased in 1942, Miguel Hernández ranks 75. Before him are Heinz Hitler, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, John Barrymore, Georg Alexander Pick, Wilbur Scoville, and Karel Doorman. After him are Harro Schulze-Boysen, Erwin Schulhoff, Leonid Kulik, Julio González, Henk Sneevliet, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel Hernández ranks 648 out of 3,355. Before him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135), Raphael (1943), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Ángela Molina (1955), Luis de León (1527), and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901). After him are Jacinto Quincoces (1905), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Rosalía Mera (1944), Muhammad III of Granada (1257), Dani Carvajal (1992), and Rodri (1996).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Miguel Hernández ranks 67. Before him are Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Abbot Oliba (971), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), Alonso de Ercilla (1533), and Luis de León (1527). After him are Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Don Juan Manuel (1282), José Zorrilla (1817), and Leopoldo Alas (1852).

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