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Francisco Ayala

1906 - 2009

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Francisco Ayala García-Duarte (16 March 1906 – 3 November 2009) was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Ayala is the 2,710th most popular writer (up from 2,893rd in 2019), the 912th most popular biography from Spain (up from 958th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francisco Ayala ranks 2,710 out of 7,302. Before him are Hella Haasse, Hildebert, Pierre Grimal, Peter Høeg, Theodorus Gaza, and Vazha-Pshavela. After him are Mihail Sebastian, Anna Sewell, Yi Kwang-su, Josef Jungmann, Dorothea von Schlegel, and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Francisco Ayala ranks 148. Before him are Vitaly Abalakov, Jim Thompson, Jim Bausch, Artur Lundkvist, Andrei Kirilenko, and Betti Alver. After him are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Alec Issigonis, William Joyce, Joan Hickson, Tribhuvan of Nepal, and Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov. Among people deceased in 2009, Francisco Ayala ranks 131. Before him are Betsy Blair, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Meir Amit, Eric Woolfson, Sidney Wood, and Giovanni Arrighi. After him are Walter Cronkite, Konstantin Feoktistov, Willy DeVille, Budd Schulberg, Frank McCourt, and Marilyn Chambers.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Ayala ranks 912 out of 3,355. Before him are Sunifred, Count of Barcelona (805), Gaizka Mendieta (1974), Lucio Urtubia (1931), David Silva (1986), Fernando Sebastián Aguilar (1929), and Kepa Arrizabalaga (1994). After him are Diego Ortiz (1510), Margaret of Prades (1395), Jehuda Cresques (1350), Berengar the Wise (790), Alberto Iglesias (1955), and Lucas Vázquez (1991).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Francisco Ayala ranks 96. Before him are Juan del Encina (1468), José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Juan de Valdés (1505), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Jorge Guillén (1893), and Ramón Sampedro (1943). After him are Luis Cernuda (1902), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490), Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978).

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