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Carmen Laforet

1921 - 2004

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Carmen Laforet (Barcelona 6 September 1921 – Madrid, 28 February 2004) was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte. She received the Premio Nadal in 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carmen Laforet is the 3,657th most popular writer (down from 3,354th in 2019), the 1,162nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,106th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carmen Laforet ranks 3,657 out of 7,302. Before her are Václav Hanka, William Robertson Smith, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Nonius Marcellus, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, and Marie-Joseph Chénier. After her are Peter Andreas Heiberg, Katherine Anne Porter, Etgar Keret, Julius Obsequens, Jean Rotrou, and Alaa Al Aswany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Carmen Laforet ranks 232. Before her are Brian Keith, Imre Kovács, Willem Frederik Hermans, Sune Andersson, Ursula Franklin, and Jean Robic. After her are Kathleen Antonelli, Harry Schell, Joseph A. Walker, Simin Daneshvar, Ziya Bunyadov, and Samuel T. Cohen. Among people deceased in 2004, Carmen Laforet ranks 161. Before her are Willie Watson, George Baird, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Tony Randall, Rogelio Domínguez, and Xenophon Zolotas. After her are Agnes Martin, Christl Cranz, Ljubiša Spajić, Rick James, Howard Keel, and M. S. Subbulakshmi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carmen Laforet ranks 1,162 out of 3,355. Before her are Emilio Castelar (1832), Mariano García Remón (1950), Marisol (1948), Fernando de Herrera (1534), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), and Manolo el del bombo (1949). After her are Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Pedro Tafur (1410), Jaime Balmes (1810), Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), and Dani Olmo (1998).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Carmen Laforet ranks 132. Before her are Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862), Concepción Arenal (1820), Ramón Chao (1935), Fernando de Herrera (1534), and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910). After her are Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Jesús Moncada (1941), Lope de Rueda (1500), Carolina Coronado (1820), Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), and Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579).

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