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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

1910 - 1999

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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gonzalo Torrente Ballester is the 3,641st most popular writer (up from 3,650th in 2019), the 1,160th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,189th in 2019) and the 131st most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 3,641 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcin Kromer, William Goldman, Fritz Reuter, Fernando de Herrera, Philoxenus of Cythera, and Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde. After him are Joanna Chmielewska, Yuli Daniel, Michael Denis, Charles Lock Eastlake, Aurora Mardiganian, and Claude Bourgelat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 186. Before him are Gunnar Thoroddsen, Paulette Dubost, Ennio Flaiano, José María Guido, Edmund Leach, and Olga Bergholz. After him are Ángel Sanz Briz, Otto Andersson, Else Alfelt, Francisco Coloane, Elmar Klos, and Maxim Munzuk. Among people deceased in 1999, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 133. Before him are Rudolf Kárpáti, Kazuo Sakamaki, Dennis Viollet, Petr Shelokhonov, Madeline Kahn, and Aleksandr Demyanenko. After him are Olga Orozco, Harvey Postlethwaite, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Jürgen Moser, Rudi Glöckner, and Dmitry Likhachov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 1,160 out of 3,355. Before him are Aquilino Bocos Merino (1938), Ramón Chao (1935), Emilio Castelar (1832), Mariano García Remón (1950), Marisol (1948), and Fernando de Herrera (1534). After him are Manolo el del bombo (1949), Carmen Laforet (1921), Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Pedro Tafur (1410), Jaime Balmes (1810), and Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester ranks 131. Before him are Enrique Vila-Matas (1948), Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (1862), Concepción Arenal (1820), Ramón Chao (1935), and Fernando de Herrera (1534). After him are Carmen Laforet (1921), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Jesús Moncada (1941), Lope de Rueda (1500), Carolina Coronado (1820), and Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842).

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