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Rafael Alberti

1902 - 1999

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Rafael Alberti Merello (16 December 1902 – 28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called Silver Age of Spanish Literature, and he won numerous prizes and awards. He died aged 96. After the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile because of his Marxist beliefs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Alberti is the 1,517th most popular writer (down from 1,430th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Spain (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rafael Alberti ranks 1,517 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Siegfried Lenz, Fredric Jameson, Henry Steel Olcott, Ken Kesey, and Daniel Pennac. After him are Jules de Goncourt, Ichiyō Higuchi, Xavier de Maistre, Jules Laforgue, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and Georgi Markov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Rafael Alberti ranks 75. Before him are Richard Rodgers, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Christian de Castries, Pascual Jordan, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Takeichi Nishi. After him are Maurice Duruflé, Alfredo Binda, Markian Popov, Eugen Jochum, William Walton, and Demchugdongrub. Among people deceased in 1999, Rafael Alberti ranks 57. Before him are Lajos Tichy, Bernard Buffet, André Martinet, Dirk Bogarde, Brion James, and Fabrizio De André. After him are Henri, Count of Paris, Dusty Springfield, Victor Mature, Gyula Zsengellér, Edward Dmytryk, and Charles "Buddy" Rogers.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael Alberti ranks 519 out of 3,355. Before him are Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), Ordoño IV of León (926), Federico Bahamontes (1928), Berengaria of Barcelona (1116), and María de Padilla (1334). After him are Peter Claver (1581), Beatrice of Castile (1293), Salvador Puig Antich (1948), Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1283), Jesús María Pereda (1938), and El Risitas (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Rafael Alberti ranks 50. Before him are José de Acosta (1540), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Javier Marías (1951), José de Espronceda (1808), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), and Ibn al-Khatib (1313). After him are Ausiàs March (1400), Sabino Arana (1865), Joseph Karo (1488), Ildefonsus (607), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), and Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866).

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