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Claribel Alegría

1924 - 2018

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Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claribel Alegría is the 3,074th most popular writer (up from 3,972nd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Nicaragua (up from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Nicaraguan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Claribel Alegría ranks 3,074 out of 7,302. Before her are Karel Havlíček Borovský, Miodrag Bulatović, Aleksey Pisemsky, Stephenie Meyer, Edgar Hilsenrath, and Venedikt Yerofeyev. After her are Consort Ban, Jim Carroll, Josephine Tey, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Al-A'sha, and Amadou Hampâté Bâ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Claribel Alegría ranks 209. Before her are Wiel Coerver, Anne Vernon, Adelaida Avagyan, M. Karunanidhi, Deke Slayton, and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy. After her are Robert Webber, Marcel Broodthaers, Nina Bocharova, Leon Uris, Gohar Gasparyan, and Ramón Castro Ruz. Among people deceased in 2018, Claribel Alegría ranks 185. Before her are Henri Namphy, Tommy Lawrence, M. Karunanidhi, Roger Bannister, Lydia Clarke, and Edgar Hilsenrath. After her are Juan Bautista Agüero, Stan Mikita, Evelyn Berezin, Juraj Herz, Lewis Gilbert, and Penny Marshall.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Claribel Alegría ranks 14 out of 34. Before her are Enrique Bolaños (1928), Barbara Carrera (1945), Leopoldo Brenes (1949), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), and Bianca Jagger (1945). After her are Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926), Sergio Ramírez (1942), Gioconda Belli (1948), José Santos Zelaya (1853), Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), and Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Nicaragua

Among writers born in Nicaragua, Claribel Alegría ranks 2. Before her are Rubén Darío (1867). After her are Sergio Ramírez (1942), and Gioconda Belli (1948).

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