WRITER

Alberto Hurtado

1901 - 1952

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Alberto Hurtado, SJ (Latin American Spanish: [alˈβeɾto wɾˈtaðo]; born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga; January 22, 1901 – August 18, 1952), popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944. Hurtado was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his country's second saint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Hurtado is the 3,610th most popular writer (up from 3,851st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Chile (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chilean Writer.

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Among writers, Alberto Hurtado ranks 3,610 out of 7,302. Before him are Brandon Sanderson, George Kodinos, Alma Reville, Ernst Jandl, Buton Rinchen Drub, and Ferdinand Brunetière. After him are Hwang Sok-yong, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Mirko Kovač, Jacob of Serugh, and Nathan Birnbaum.

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Among people born in 1901, Alberto Hurtado ranks 175. Before him are Joseph Wendel, Maurice Evans, Xu Xiangqian, Julio Libonatti, Ugo Frigerio, and Henri Sauguet. After him are Hans Erich Nossack, Elias Katz, Aurora Mardiganian, Ivan Pyryev, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Zeppo Marx. Among people deceased in 1952, Alberto Hurtado ranks 99. Before him are Mariano Azuela, D. S. Senanayake, Mauno Pekkala, Gino Fano, Franz John, and Karel Lamač. After him are Filippos Karvelas, László Berti, Arturo Rawson, Alberto Savinio, Nikos Beloyannis, and Solomon Lozovsky.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Alberto Hurtado ranks 69 out of 321. Before him are Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768), Aníbal Pinto (1825), Gabriel Boric (1986), Manuel Bulnes (1799), Valentina Vargas (1964), and Manuel Montt (1809). After him are Pedro Montt (1849), José Joaquín Pérez (1801), Francisco Coloane (1910), Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785), Víctor Morales (1905), and William F. Albright (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Alberto Hurtado ranks 12. Before him are Roberto Bolaño (1953), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), and Cristina Calderón (1928). After him are Francisco Coloane (1910), Jorge Edwards (1931), Gonzalo Rojas (1917), and Snooki (1987).

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