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Antonio Skármeta

1940 - 2024

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Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic (November 7, 1940 – October 15, 2024) was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. He served as Chile’s ambassador to Germany from 2000 to 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Skármeta is the 1,759th most popular writer (up from 2,143rd in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Chile (up from 37th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chilean Writer.

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Among writers, Antonio Skármeta ranks 1,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Sri Chinmoy, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Mário de Andrade, Bob Woodward, Mór Jókai, and Adalberon. After him are Nora Ephron, Minna Canth, Silvina Ocampo, Baba Tahir, Shūsaku Endō, and Junji Ito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Antonio Skármeta ranks 142. Before him are Denny Doherty, Enrico Bombieri, Taihō Kōki, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Lei Feng, and Ruth Dreifuss. After him are Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Sadaharu Oh, Víctor Erice, Hiroshi Katayama, Mike Hailwood, and Sam Waterston. Among people deceased in 2024, Antonio Skármeta ranks 132. Before him are James Sikking, Leif Segerstam, Sergei Novikov, Norman Jewison, Bernd Hölzenbein, and William Labov. After him are Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Gediminas Kirkilas, Aleksandr Medved, Josef Jelínek, Sandra Milo, and Andrea Kékesy.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Antonio Skármeta ranks 27 out of 321. Before him are Ricardo Lagos (1938), Elías Figueroa (1946), Lautaro (1534), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Leonel Sánchez (1936), and Francisco Varela (1946). After him are Jorge Alessandri (1896), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Nicanor Parra (1914), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Roberto Matta (1911), and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Antonio Skármeta ranks 7. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), Gabriela Mistral (1889), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), and Roberto Bolaño (1953). After him are Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), Alberto Hurtado (1901), and Francisco Coloane (1910).

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