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Horacio Quiroga

1878 - 1937

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Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (31 December 1878 – 19 February 1937) was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer. The jungle settings of his stories emphasized the conflict between humans and nature. His portrayals of mental illness and hallucinatory states were influenced by Edgar Allan Poe. In turn, Quiroga influenced Gabriel García Márquez and Julio Cortázar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horacio Quiroga is the 2,266th most popular writer (down from 2,004th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 40th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Uruguayan Writer.

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Among writers, Horacio Quiroga ranks 2,266 out of 7,302. Before him are Abraham Sutzkever, Francesc Eiximenis, Herman Bang, Ibn Taghribirdi, Etel Adnan, and Thomas Wyatt. After him are Colin Wilson, Erin Hunter, Janus Pannonius, Matthew Arnold, Edward FitzGerald, and Claudine Guérin de Tencin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Horacio Quiroga ranks 91. Before him are Paul Hazard, Erich Mühsam, Myer Prinstein, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, C. Rajagopalachari, and Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir. After him are José Miaja, Walther Ritz, John Rimmer, Jorge Ubico, Wallace Hartley, and Mirra Alfassa. Among people deceased in 1937, Horacio Quiroga ranks 69. Before him are Jenő Hubay, F. C. S. Schiller, Richard Boleslawski, Elihu Root, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, and Lev Karakhan. After him are Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Josep Comas i Solà, Eero Järnefelt, André Bessette, Jaan Anvelt, and Karel Kramář.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Horacio Quiroga ranks 44 out of 444. Before him are Ernesto Mascheroni (1907), Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), Peregrino Anselmo (1902), Santos Iriarte (1902), Manuel Oribe (1792), and Nando Parrado (1949). After him are Santos Urdinarán (1900), José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856), Bernardo Arévalo (1958), Venancio Flores (1808), Álvaro Recoba (1976), and Jules Supervielle (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, Horacio Quiroga ranks 6. Before him are Comte de Lautréamont (1846), Eduardo Galeano (1940), Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), and Juan Carlos Onetti (1909). After him are Jules Supervielle (1884), Delmira Agustini (1886), Cristina Peri Rossi (1941), Juana de Ibarbourou (1892), José Enrique Rodó (1871), and Ida Vitale (1923).

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