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Nísia Floresta

1810 - 1885

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Nísia Floresta Brasileira Augusta, pseudonym of Dionísia Gonçalves Pinto, (October 12, 1810 in Papari, Rio Grande do Norte – April 24, 1885 in Rouen, France) was a Brazilian educator, translator, writer, poet, philosopher, and feminist. She is considered the "first Brazilian feminist" and possibly the first still in the 19th century to break through public-private boundaries by publishing her works in newspapers, when the local press was just beginning. She also coordinated a girls' school in Rio de Janeiro and wrote a book in defense of the rights of women, Native Americans and slaves. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nísia Floresta is the 4,561st most popular writer (up from 5,949th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 206th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nísia Floresta ranks 4,561 out of 7,302. Before her are Alan Paton, Gudrun Pausewang, Sophia Parnok, Alfhild Agrell, Iakob Tsurtaveli, and Gordon Willis. After her are Enric Valor i Vives, Anita Loos, Ladislav Mňačko, Sue Grafton, Cecco Angiolieri, and Musa Anter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Nísia Floresta ranks 83. Before her are Johan August Wahlberg, Victor Motschulsky, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Jules Malou, Paul Kane, and Johanna Kinkel. After her are Félicien David, William Froude, Ernestine Rose, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Louis Fraser, and Nicolae Golescu. Among people deceased in 1885, Nísia Floresta ranks 68. Before her are Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Joseph-Alfred Serret, José Posada Herrera, Irvin McDowell, Ernest Goüin, and Ernst Falkbeer. After her are Julius Benedict, Wilhelm Camphausen, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Ludvig Norman, C. A. Rosetti, and William Henry Vanderbilt.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nísia Floresta ranks 149 out of 375. Before her are Ivan Merz (1896), Vjekoslav Bevanda (1956), Hanka Paldum (1956), Sergej Barbarez (1971), Ivan Ćurković (1944), and Muhamed Mujić (1933). After her are Mehmed Baždarević (1960), Ksenia Milicevic (1942), Predrag Nikolić (1960), Marija Pejčinović Burić (1963), Miljenko Jergović (1966), and Borislav Paravac (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nísia Floresta ranks 15. Before her are Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Filip Višnjić (1767), Staka Skenderova (1828), Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870), and Dževad Karahasan (1953). After her are Miljenko Jergović (1966), Umihana Čuvidina (1794), Semir Osmanagić (1960), Aleksandar Hemon (1964), Zlata Filipović (1980), and Saša Stanišić (1978).

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