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Esther Vilar

1935 - Today

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Esther Margareta Vilar (born Esther Margareta Katzen, September 16, 1935) is an Argentine-German writer. She trained and practised as a medical doctor before establishing herself as an author. She is best known for her 1971 book The Manipulated Man and its various follow-ups, which argue that, contrary to common feminist and women's rights rhetoric, women in industrialized cultures are not oppressed, but rather exploit a well-established system of manipulating men. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Esther Vilar is the 2,530th most popular writer (down from 2,209th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Argentina (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among writers, Esther Vilar ranks 2,530 out of 7,302. Before her are Cornelis de Bruijn, Antigonus of Carystus, Hermas, John VIII of Constantinople, Daqiqi, and Sibilla Aleramo. After her are Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Cyprian Norwid, Lars Saabye Christensen, Mariama Bâ, Kjeld Abell, and Đura Jakšić.

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Among people born in 1935, Esther Vilar ranks 164. Before her are Serge Klarsfeld, Richard Kuklinski, Lando Buzzanca, Oleg Tabakov, Geoffrey Lewis, and Kenneth Tsang. After her are Jack Charlton, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Vasily Livanov, Peter Schreier, Luboš Kohoutek, and Gerd Albrecht.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Esther Vilar ranks 171 out of 1,154. Before her are Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887), Roberto Ayala (1973), Víctor Manuel Fernández (1962), Alfio Basile (1943), María Kodama (1937), and Daniel Bertoni (1955). After her are Ángel Bossio (1905), Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925), Ángel Labruna (1918), Nicolás Avellaneda (1837), Humberto Maschio (1933), and José Pékerman (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Esther Vilar ranks 11. Before her are Silvina Ocampo (1903), Victoria Ocampo (1890), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Joseph Kessel (1898), and María Kodama (1937). After her are María Elena Walsh (1930), Juan Gelman (1930), Jorge Bucay (1949), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Roberto Arlt (1900), and Olga Orozco (1920).

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