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Ariel Dorfman

1942 - Today

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Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, since 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ariel Dorfman is the 4,870th most popular writer (down from 4,450th in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 375th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ariel Dorfman ranks 4,870 out of 7,302. Before him are Terenci Moix, Henrik Nordbrandt, Gabriel Aresti, Wolfgang Koeppen, Raymond Abellio, and Clare Hollingworth. After him are Robert Leckie, Jim Harrison, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Olav Aukrust, Lucy Hawking, and Sultan Bahu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ariel Dorfman ranks 456. Before him are Driss Bamous, Vladimir Yermoshin, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Terenci Moix, Dan Graham, and Country Joe McDonald. After him are Howard Stringer, Reiner Schöne, Jonathan Williams, Celso Amorim, Marty Balin, and Irina Miroshnichenko.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ariel Dorfman ranks 411 out of 1,154. Before him are Néstor Gorosito (1964), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), Norberto Boggio (1931), José Chamot (1969), Martín Pando (1934), and Enzo Fernández (2001). After him are Francisco Sá (1945), Santiago Lovell (1912), Ernesto Grillo (1929), Rafael Albrecht (1941), Edgardo Bauza (1958), and Manu Ginóbili (1977).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Ariel Dorfman ranks 26. Before him are Ricardo Piglia (1941), Juan José Saer (1937), Hector Bianciotti (1930), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886), and Rodolfo Walsh (1927). After him are Angélica Gorodischer (1928), Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818), Delfina Bunge (1881), Oliverio Girondo (1891), Luisa Valenzuela (1938), and Manuel Rojas (1896).

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