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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

1867 - 1928

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈθente ˈβlaskojˈβaɲeθ], 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is the 959th most popular writer (up from 1,021st in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Spain (up from 335th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Spanish Writer.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is a Spanish novelist, journalist, and politician. He is most famous for his novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 959 out of 7,302Before him are Mirza Fatali Akhundov, George Steiner, Ernesto Sabato, Hrotsvitha, Horatio Alger, and Peter Weiss. After him are Silius Italicus, John Updike, Panait Istrati, Juliette Récamier, John Fante, and Benito Pérez Galdós.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 33Before him are Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, Percy Fawcett, Ignacy Mościcki, and Hector Guimard. After him are Alexander Parvus, Irving Fisher, Sakichi Toyoda, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Edward B. Titchener, and Eugen Sandow. Among people deceased in 1928, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 19Before him are Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Pyotr Wrangel, Alexander Bogdanov, Luigi Cadorna, Stjepan Radić, and Italo Svevo. After him are Zhang Zuolin, Álvaro Obregón, H. H. Asquith, Reinhard Scheer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Li Yuanhong.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 306 out of 3,355Before him are Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Carlos Sainz (1962), Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), Prudentius (348), Pompeu Fabra (1868), and Manuel Godoy (1767). After him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Silius Italicus (26), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), Pedro Cea (1900), and Abraham Abulafia (1240).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ranks 34Before him are Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), Antonio Machado (1875), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Jorge Semprún (1923), Silius Italicus (26), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Prudentius (348), and Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922). After him are Benito Pérez Galdós (1843).