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Olavo Bilac

1865 - 1918

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Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈlavu biˈlak(i)]), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He was elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" in 1907 by the magazine Fon-Fon. He wrote the lyrics of the Brazilian Flag Anthem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olavo Bilac is the 4,965th most popular writer (down from 4,931st in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 567th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olavo Bilac ranks 4,965 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Vampilov, Justine Musk, Juan de Mena, Feodor Gladkov, Boris Vasilyev, and Joseph Victor von Scheffel. After him are Albert Mol, Ashapurna Devi, Henry Monnier, Joseph Jacobs, Lalleshwari, and René Bazin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Olavo Bilac ranks 143. Before him are Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, Walter Leistikow, Uchida Kōsai, Walter Frederick Gale, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, and Madison Grant. After him are Ángel Ganivet, Paul Raud, Hermann Hirt, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Vladimir Bogoraz, and Ferdinand Feyerick. Among people deceased in 1918, Olavo Bilac ranks 156. Before him are Henri Tauzin, Émile Étienne Guimet, Henry Gunther, Henry Macintosh, Johannes Thiele, and Rose Cleveland. After him are Thérèse Schwartze, Hanns Braun, Aleksei Evert, Waldemar Rosenberger, Antonios Pepanos, and Abbas Sahhat.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Olavo Bilac ranks 578 out of 2,236. Before him are Caio Júnior (1965), Vanderlei de Lima (1969), Valdir Benedito (1965), Bernardo Rezende (1959), Germano Boettcher Sobrinho (1911), and Silva Batuta (1940). After him are Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1943), Cazuza (1958), Antoninho (1939), Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira (1900), Sávio (1974), and Marília Pêra (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Olavo Bilac ranks 26. Before him are Ana Maria Machado (1941), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Graciliano Ramos (1892), and Nélida Piñon (1937). After him are Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Manuel Bandeira (1886), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Erico Verissimo (1905), and Castro Alves (1847).

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