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Enrique Vila-Matas

1948 - Today

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Enrique Vila-Matas (born 31 March 1948 in Barcelona) is a Spanish writer. He has written several award-winning books that mix genres and has been branded as one of the most original and prominent writers in the Spanish language. He is a founding Knight of the Order of Finnegans, a group which meets in Dublin every year on 16 June to honour James Joyce and his novel Ulysses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enrique Vila-Matas is the 3,503rd most popular writer (down from 3,314th in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,094th in 2019) and the 125th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Enrique Vila-Matas ranks 3,503 out of 7,302. Before him are Alf Prøysen, Max Aub, Édouard Drumont, Tariq Ali, Subh-i-Azal, and Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. After him are Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Susan Brownmiller, Kir Bulychev, Corippus, Immanuel Velikovsky, and John Winthrop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Enrique Vila-Matas ranks 331. Before him are Guy Standing, Koloman Gögh, Michael Berryman, Lojze Peterle, Peter James, and Yaakov Litzman. After him are Efraim Zuroff, Robert Holdstock, Selda Bağcan, Luis Rodríguez, Alfonso Cano, and Shigesato Itoi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Enrique Vila-Matas ranks 1,134 out of 3,355. Before him are Joaquim Rifé (1942), Rafael Arnaiz Barón (1911), Koke (1992), Moses ibn Ezra (1060), Leonor, Princess of Asturias (2005), and Josep Seguer (1923). After him are Feliciano Rivilla (1936), Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), Petrus Alphonsi (1062), Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán (1809), Jorge Oteiza (1908), and Pilar Lorengar (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Enrique Vila-Matas ranks 125. Before him are Manuel José Quintana (1772), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), Ibn Zaydún (1003), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), Salvador Espriu (1913), and Moses ibn Ezra (1060). After him 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).

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