WRITER

Almudena Grandes

1960 - 2021

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María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Almudena Grandes is the 4,528th most popular writer (down from 4,188th in 2019), the 1,428th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,317th in 2019) and the 165th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Almudena Grandes ranks 4,528 out of 7,302. Before her are H. C. Artmann, Adam Asnyk, Ō no Yasumaro, John Piper, Tatyana Tolstaya, and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg. After her are Willem Elsschot, Mike Resnick, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Attilâ İlhan, and Anne Bradstreet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Almudena Grandes ranks 244. Before her are Barbara Broccoli, Tomislav Ivković, David Baldacci, Linden Ashby, Christophe Gans, and Adrián Campos. After her are Gianni Vernetti, Yōichi Takahashi, Courtney B. Vance, Mehmed Baždarević, Aldo Serena, and Fat Lever. Among people deceased in 2021, Almudena Grandes ranks 364. Before her are Eusébio Scheid, Francesco Morini, Peter Fleischmann, Adrián Campos, Petr Kellner, and Tatyana Tolstaya. After her are Jessica Walter, Sanpei Shirato, Janet Moreau, Cornelius Sim, Robert Marchand, and Patrick Juvet.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Almudena Grandes ranks 1,428 out of 3,355. Before her are Tete Montoliu (1933), Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (1800), Maribel Verdú (1970), Juan Santisteban (1936), Adrián Campos (1960), and Carmen Machi (1963). After her are Guillermo Amor (1967), Pau Gasol (1980), José Ramón Alexanko (1956), Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga (1777), Albert Ferrer (1970), and Sergi Roberto (1992).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Almudena Grandes ranks 165. Before her are Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956), Gloria Fuertes (1917), Vicente Espinel (1550), Diego Durán (1537), Juan de la Cueva (1543), and Rosa Sensat (1873). After her are Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Jean Cassou (1897), Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), and Juan José Millás (1946).

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