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Arturo Pérez-Reverte

1951 - Today

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Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his Captain Alatriste series of adventure novels, which have been translated into multiple languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arturo Pérez-Reverte is the 1,118th most popular writer (up from 1,243rd in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Spain (up from 412th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Spanish Writer.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte is most famous for his novel The Club Dumas.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ranks 1,118 out of 7,302Before him are Quintus Tullius Cicero, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Len Deighton, Nikolai Leskov, Jeff Lindsay, and Rustichello da Pisa. After him are John Cheever, Aleksis Kivi, Arnold Zweig, Tannhäuser, Diana Wynne Jones, and Chinua Achebe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ranks 64Before him are René van de Kerkhof, Johnny Rep, Nikolai Patrushev, Anjelica Huston, Willy van de Kerkhof, and Nicu Ceaușescu. After him are Blaise Compaoré, Sergei Skripal, Patrick Allen, Queen Noor of Jordan, Marvin Heemeyer, and Mark Harmon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ranks 357 out of 3,355Before him are Alfonso V of León (994), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), Francisco Ferrer (1859), and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643). After him are Antonio Soler (1729), Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Jorge Semprún (1923), José Sanjurjo (1872), and Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ranks 35Before him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Silius Italicus (26), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), and Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964). After him are Jorge Semprún (1923), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Joanot Martorell (1415), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), and Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912).