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Miguel Mihura

1905 - 1977

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Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy Tres sombreros de copa (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and that broke with many of the previous conventions of Spanish comic theatre. He was also active as a comics artist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Mihura is the 5,776th most popular writer (down from 5,744th in 2019), the 1,797th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,794th in 2019) and the 201st most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miguel Mihura ranks 5,776 out of 7,302Before him are Jaroslav Kvapil, Ivan Tavčar, Maria Polydouri, Alfredo Panzini, Dániel Berzsenyi, and Elizabeth Gilbert. After him are George Holyoake, Vítězslav Hálek, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Majit Gafuri, Luigi Galleani, and Tim Powers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Miguel Mihura ranks 343Before him are Clarice Benini, Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Roy Henkel, Ibrahim Tuqan, Robert Bacher, and Hans Scherfig. After him are Hanns Kilian, Gerrit Achterberg, Raymundo Rodríguez, Sterling Holloway, Raúl Fernández, and Jules Pappaert. Among people deceased in 1977, Miguel Mihura ranks 232Before him are Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, Jean Taris, Grațian Sepi, H. A. Rey, Marston Morse, and Nunnally Johnson. After him are Megumi Yokota, Artur Adson, Sebastian Cabot, Arnold Bode, Helen Ferguson, and Rudolf Cvetko.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel Mihura ranks 1,797 out of 3,355Before him are Álex Pina (1967), Iván Campo (1974), Francisco Pagazaurtundúa (1894), Karina (1946), Natalya Goncharova (null), and Voro (1963). After him are Pedro Duque (1963), José Hierro (1922), Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901), Julia Navarro (1953), Josep Bonaplata i Corriol (1795), and Juan Carlos Navarro (1980).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Miguel Mihura ranks 201Before him are Luis Rosales (1910), Agustín Durán (1789), Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1832), Blas de Otero (1916), Elvira Lindo (1962), and Manuel Rivas (1957). After him are José Hierro (1922), Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901), Julia Navarro (1953), José Amador de los Ríos (1818), Miquel-Lluís Muntané (1956), and Lucía Etxebarría (1966).