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Corín Tellado

1927 - 2009

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María del Socorro Tellado López (25 April 1927 in El Franco, Asturias, Spain – 11 April 2009), known as Corín Tellado, was a prolific Spanish writer of romantic novels and photonovels that were best-sellers in several Spanish-language countries. She published more than 4,000 titles and sold more than 400 million books which have been translated into several languages. She was listed in the 1994 Guinness World Records as having sold the most books written in Spanish, and earlier in 1962 UNESCO declared her the most read Spanish writer after Miguel de Cervantes. Her novels were different from other contemporary Western European romantic writers' works because she usually set them in the present and did not use eroticism, due to the Spanish regime's strict censorship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Corín Tellado is the 4,777th most popular writer (up from 4,845th in 2019), the 1,494th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,489th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Corín Tellado ranks 4,777 out of 7,302. Before her are Hallgrímur Helgason, Stefano Benni, Graciliano Ramos, Peider Lansel, Svatopluk Čech, and Frédérick Tristan. After her are Zakaria Tamer, Ion Druță, Igor Severyanin, David Eddings, Michitsuna's mother, and Andrei Mureșanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Corín Tellado ranks 318. Before her are Shoji Nishio, Joan Feynman, Dick Savitt, Heinz Wewers, Don Revie, and Boris Shilkov. After her are Robert Alt, Håkon Brusveen, Ernesto Formenti, Kurt Svensson, Arturo Armando Molina, and Victor Mees. Among people deceased in 2009, Corín Tellado ranks 245. Before her are Anna Yegorova, Mamadou Dia, René Bliard, John Mayhew, José Luis López Vázquez, and Ron Asheton. After her are David Eddings, Willy Ronis, Jacques Sylla, Barry Flanagan, Alfred Hrdlicka, and Kamala Surayya.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Corín Tellado ranks 1,494 out of 3,355. Before her are Nando González (1921), Vicente Asensi (1919), Juan Acuña (1923), Agustín Sancho (1896), Antonio Betancort (1937), and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (1879). After her are Gregorio Marañón (1887), Félix María de Samaniego (1745), Joaquín Sánchez de Toca (1852), Álvaro Negredo (1985), Francisco Cepeda (1906), and Carlos Lapetra (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Corín Tellado ranks 172. Before her are Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Jean Cassou (1897), Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), and Juan José Millás (1946). After her are Félix María de Samaniego (1745), Rosa Chacel (1898), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (1949), Terenci Moix (1942), and Gabriel Aresti (1933).

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