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Ernesto Sabato

1911 - 2011

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Ernesto Sabato (Spanish: [ˈsaβaðo]; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America". Upon his death El País dubbed him the "last classic writer in Argentine literature". Sabato was distinguished by his bald pate and brush moustache and wore tinted spectacles and open-necked shirts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernesto Sabato is the 955th most popular writer (down from 857th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Argentina (down from 37th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Writer.

Ernesto Sabato is most famous for his novel, "The Tunnel," which was published in 1948. The novel is about a young man who is on the verge of committing suicide when he meets a mysterious stranger.

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Among writers, Ernesto Sabato ranks 955 out of 7,302. Before him are Virginia Satir, Lucius Accius, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Samuel Butler, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, and George Steiner. After him are Hrotsvitha, Horatio Alger, Peter Weiss, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Silius Italicus, and John Updike.

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Among people born in 1911, Ernesto Sabato ranks 52. Before him are John Archibald Wheeler, L. Ron Hubbard, Ginger Rogers, Samuel Reshevsky, Akira Yoshizawa, and Bernard Katz. After him are Herta Oberheuser, J. L. Austin, Gustav Wagner, Bruno Kreisky, Cantinflas, and Henri Troyat. Among people deceased in 2011, Ernesto Sabato ranks 49. Before him are Lynn Margulis, Zdeněk Miler, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dev Anand, Betty Ford, and Tom Gehrels. After him are Linda Christian, Ante Marković, Aristides Pereira, Yelena Bonner, Leonora Carrington, and Tomislav Ivić.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ernesto Sabato ranks 42 out of 1,154. Before him are Hernán Crespo (1975), Alberto Fernández (1959), Marcelo Bielsa (1955), Luis Monti (1901), Reynaldo Bignone (1928), and Javier Zanetti (1973). After him are Héctor Cúper (1955), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), Fernando de la Rúa (1937), Lucio Fontana (1899), Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852), and Francisco Varallo (1910).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Ernesto Sabato ranks 2. Before him are Jorge Luis Borges (1899). After him are Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914), Manuel Puig (1932), Silvina Ocampo (1903), Victoria Ocampo (1890), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Joseph Kessel (1898), María Kodama (1937), Esther Vilar (1935), and María Elena Walsh (1930).

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