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Oswald de Andrade

1890 - 1954

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José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the Group of Five, along with Mário de Andrade, Anita Malfatti, Tarsila do Amaral and Menotti del Picchia. He participated in the Modern Art Week (Semana de Arte Moderna). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald de Andrade is the 3,340th most popular writer (up from 3,380th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 326th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oswald de Andrade ranks 3,340 out of 7,302. Before him are Louis Pergaud, Charles Lamb, Ango Sakaguchi, Nigâr Hanım, Filip Višnjić, and Barbara Frischmuth. After him are Agniya Barto, Uwe Johnson, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Nathan Alterman, and Alphonse de Châteaubriant.

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Among people born in 1890, Oswald de Andrade ranks 139. Before him are Jean Rhys, Walter Hasenclever, Olga Desmond, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Ahmad Kasravi, and E. E. Smith. After him are Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Jan de Vries, Mauno Pekkala, Karl Freund, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. Among people deceased in 1954, Oswald de Andrade ranks 88. Before him are M. N. Roy, Édouard Le Roy, Omer Nishani, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Ellen Thesleff, and Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. After him are José Millán-Astray, Thành Thái, Émile Mâle, Vilhelm Buhl, Henri Laurent, and Werner Bischof.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oswald de Andrade ranks 328 out of 2,236. Before him are Morena Baccarin (1979), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Luiz Bonfá (1922), Valdo Filho (1964), Lygia Clark (1920), and Monteiro Lobato (1882). After him are Éder Jofre (1936), Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (1940), Jair Marinho (1936), Zé Sérgio (1957), José Alencar (1931), and Joel Camargo (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Oswald de Andrade ranks 16. Before him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Carlos Marighella (1911), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), José de Alencar (1829), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), and Monteiro Lobato (1882). After him are Rubem Fonseca (1925), Lui Morais (1961), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), and Moacyr Scliar (1937).

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