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Alfredo Zitarrosa

1936 - 1989

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Alfredo Zitarrosa (Montevideo, March 10, 1936 – January 17, 1989) was a Uruguayan singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of Latin America. He pioneered a new path in Uruguayan popular music, merging the rural folk tradition with the urban influences of tango. Milonga was the genre on which he based much of his work and for which he became best known. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfredo Zitarrosa is the 4,681st most popular writer (up from 4,704th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 144th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Uruguayan Writer.

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Among writers, Alfredo Zitarrosa ranks 4,681 out of 7,302. Before him are Amelia Edwards, Maksim Tank, Mykola Zerov, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Bhalchandra Nemade, and Chen Zi'ang. After him are Elbert Hubbard, William Trevor, Constantin Negruzzi, Gonçalves Dias, Zane Grey, and José Craveirinha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Alfredo Zitarrosa ranks 367. Before him are Michał Heller, Ruth Buzzi, Vladimir Bagirov, Art Metrano, Alejandro Maldonado, and Dave Charlton. After him are Aurelio Galfetti, Teatao Teannaki, C. Gordon Fullerton, Erich Hof, Med Hondo, and Abraham Lempel. Among people deceased in 1989, Alfredo Zitarrosa ranks 204. Before him are Luiz Luz, Ronald Syme, Edgar Sanabria, Helga Haase, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, and Mary McCarthy. After him are Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Ján Cikker, László Papp, Ernst Andersson, Don Revie, and Willibald Kreß.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Alfredo Zitarrosa ranks 140 out of 444. Before him are Luis Batlle Berres (1897), Baltasar Brum (1883), Paolo Montero (1971), Rodolfo Pini (1926), José Serrato (1868), and Héctor Vilches (1926). After him are Ettore Puricelli (1916), Jorge Fossati (1952), Juan José de Amézaga (1881), Martín Cáceres (1987), Julio Morales (1945), and Sergio Markarián (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, Alfredo Zitarrosa ranks 14. Before him are Delmira Agustini (1886), Cristina Peri Rossi (1941), Juana de Ibarbourou (1892), José Enrique Rodó (1871), Ida Vitale (1923), and Felisberto Hernández (1902). After him are Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855), Claudio Williman (1861), Idea Vilariño (1920), Eduardo Acevedo Díaz (1851), Francisco Acuña de Figueroa (1790), and Carmen Posadas (1953).

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