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Alfonso Sastre

1926 - 2021

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Alfonso Sastre (20 February 1926 – 17 September 2021) was a Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was an outspoken critic of censorship during the reign of General Francisco Franco and the ensuing political regime arising from the 1978 Constitution altogether. His most noteworthy plays include Death Squad (1953), The Gag (1954), Death Thrust (1960), and Tragicomedy of the Gypsy Celestina (1984). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Sastre is the 5,298th most popular writer (down from 5,138th in 2019), the 1,651st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,600th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Alfonso Sastre ranks 5,298 out of 7,302. Before him are Peer Hultberg, Heinrich Christian Boie, Ivan Kavaleridze, Enzo Biagi, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and Maurice Carême. After him are Norman Smith, Granius Licinianus, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Ludwig Thoma, Wyndham Lewis, and Mateja Matevski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alfonso Sastre ranks 390. Before him are Helene Ahrweiler, Dietmar Schönherr, Zig Ziglar, Angus Scrimm, Helen Gallagher, and David Malet Armstrong. After him are Mustafa Ertan, Gu Chaohao, Gottfried Diener, Miguel León-Portilla, Klaus Schütz, and Wolfgang Seidel. Among people deceased in 2021, Alfonso Sastre ranks 469. Before him are Isaak Khalatnikov, Gimax, Peter Lorimer, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Olha Ilkiv, and Sergei Solovyov. After him are Aleksandr Privalov, Abubakar Shekau, Yury Sharov, Rush Limbaugh, Yevgeny Nesterenko, and Aleksandr Timoshinin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso Sastre ranks 1,651 out of 3,355. Before him are Margarita Robles (1956), Sergio García (1983), Juan Artola (1895), Tinerfe (null), Jesús Glaría (1942), and Manuel González García (1877). After him are Iñaki Williams (1994), José María Peña (1895), José Luis Garci (1944), Julia Gutiérrez Caba (1932), Pascual Madoz (1806), and Manuel Estiarte (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Alfonso Sastre ranks 192. Before him are Manuel Machado (1874), Antonio Gamoneda (1931), Beatriz Galindo (1465), Carme Riera (1948), José María de Pereda (1833), and Yann Martel (1963). After him are José Bergamín (1895), Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), Luis Rosales (1910), Agustín Durán (1789), Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1832), and Blas de Otero (1916).

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