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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

1919 - 2004

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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (6 November 1919 – 2 July 2004) was a Portuguese poet and writer. Considered one of the most important Portuguese poets of the 20th century, she published fourteen poetry books between 1944 and 1997, covering themes such as the natural world, the search for justice, Ancient Greece and the importance of poetry. As a novelist, she published several children's books, which she wrote for her own children, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. She also wrote essays and theatre plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen is the 2,787th most popular writer (down from 2,636th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 218th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ranks 2,787 out of 7,302. Before her are Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Salama Moussa, Countess of Ségur, Shakuntala Devi, Lars Norén, and Taliesin. After her are Vince Gilligan, Nemesianus, Ada Negri, Vilis Lācis, Ibn Manzur, and Robert Kerr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ranks 133. Before her are Ferruccio Valcareggi, Toni Turek, Ivan Sidorenko, Franjo Kuharić, Paul Vanden Boeynants, and Hans Hermann Groër. After her are Maurice Hilleman, Anatoly Dobrynin, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Åke Seyffarth, Félix Gaillard, and Galina Ustvolskaya. Among people deceased in 2004, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ranks 124. Before her are Steve Lacy, José Giovanni, Jozef Lenárt, Jacques Georges, Alexandra Ripley, and Jesús Gil. After her are René Laloux, Paul Winfield, Tom Wesselmann, Lucia Berlin, Big Boss Man, and Briek Schotte.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ranks 239 out of 633. Before her are Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860), Manuel Bento (1948), Bento de Góis (1562), António José de Almeida (1866), Alexandre Herculano (1810), and Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403). After her are Cristóvão da Gama (1516), Manuel Cardoso (1566), José Costa (1953), Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal (1736), Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), and João do Canto e Castro (1862).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ranks 18. Before her are Tomé Pires (1468), António Vieira (1608), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), and Alexandre Herculano (1810). After her are Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), António Ferreira (1528), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), and Duarte Barbosa (1480).

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