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Carlos Marighella

1911 - 1969

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Carlos Marighella (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ˌmaɾiˈɡɛlɐ]; 5 December 1911 – 4 November 1969) was a Brazilian politician, writer, and Marxist–Leninist militant. Critical of nonviolent resistance to the Brazilian military dictatorship, he founded the Ação Libertadora Nacional, a Marxist–Leninist urban guerrilla group, which was responsible for a series of bank robberies and high-profile kidnappings. He was killed by police in 1969 in an ambush. Marighella's most famous contribution to revolutionary literature was the Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Marighella is the 2,670th most popular writer (down from 2,500th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 221st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among writers, Carlos Marighella ranks 2,670 out of 7,302. Before him are John Wyndham, Louise Colet, Margaret Fuller, Kjell Askildsen, María Elena Walsh, and Xue Tao. After him are Malwida von Meysenbug, Pavlo Tychyna, Heinz G. Konsalik, Ignacy Krasicki, Wadih Sa'adeh, and Violette Leduc.

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Among people born in 1911, Carlos Marighella ranks 135. Before him are Gardner Fox, Pierre Harmel, Randolph Churchill, Birger Ruud, Otto Baum, and Leopold Kielholz. After him are David Ogilvy, Sidney Wood, José María Arguedas, Mikhail Yangel, Merle Oberon, and Mstislav Keldysh. Among people deceased in 1969, Carlos Marighella ranks 99. Before him are Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, André Salmon, Georges Catroux, Willy Mairesse, John Wyndham, and Eduardo Mondlane. After him are José María Arguedas, Johannes Dieckmann, Nicolas Grunitzky, Maureen Connolly, Leonard Woolf, and Volmari Iso-Hollo.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carlos Marighella ranks 235 out of 2,236. Before him are Domingos da Guia (1912), Glauber Rocha (1939), Preguinho (1905), Véra Clouzot (1913), Jorge Ben (1942), and Carlos Chagas (1879). After him are Bigode (1922), Raoni Metuktire (1940), Jorge Paulo Lemann (1939), Juliano Belletti (1976), Lima (1942), and Edmílson (1976).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Carlos Marighella ranks 11. Before him are Machado de Assis (1839), Osvaldo Moles (1913), Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), and José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920). After him are Bernardo Guimarães (1825), José de Alencar (1829), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), and Rubem Fonseca (1925).

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