WRITER

Miguel Torga

1907 - 1995

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Miguel Torga (Portuguese: [miˈɣɛl ˈtɔɾɣɐ]), pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha (São Martinho de Anta, Sabrosa, Vila Real district, 12 August 1907 – Coimbra, 17 January 1995), is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. He wrote poetry, short stories, a genre in which he is accounted a master, theater and a 16 volume diary, written from 1932 to 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Torga is the 3,258th most popular writer (down from 2,991st in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 237th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Miguel Torga ranks 3,258 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrija Kačić Miošić, Rutka Laskier, Christopher Hampton, Robert Fisk, Maria Dąbrowska, and Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. After him are Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Heo Nanseolheon, Janet Frame, Joan Brossa, Holger Drachmann, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Miguel Torga ranks 179. Before him are Mariam Aslamazian, Ursula Kuczynski, Phil Edwards, Gunnar Ekelöf, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, and István Bárány. After him are Sergei Shtemenko, Géza von Radványi, Edwige Feuillère, Blagoje Marjanović, John Marley, and Nicanor Zabaleta. Among people deceased in 1995, Miguel Torga ranks 146. Before him are Edith Pargeter, Kukrit Pramoj, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, István Bárány, Osvaldo Pugliese, and Pál Kovács. After him are Bobby Riggs, Václav Ježek, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Eva Gabor, Matti Pellonpää, and Carlo Pavesi.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Miguel Torga ranks 271 out of 633. Before him are José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), António Ferreira (1528), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), and Christopher Hampton (1946). After him are Ricardo (1976), João de Loureiro (1717), Duarte Barbosa (1480), António Simões (1943), Estácio de Sá (1520), and José Augusto (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Miguel Torga ranks 23. Before him are Alexandre Herculano (1810), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), António Ferreira (1528), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), and Christopher Hampton (1946). After him are Duarte Barbosa (1480), Antero de Quental (1842), Florbela Espanca (1894), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Jorge de Montemor (1520), and Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450).

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