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Idea Vilariño

1920 - 2009

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Idea Vilariño Romani (Montevideo, 18 August 1920 – 28 April 2009) was a Uruguayan poet, essayist and literary critic. She belonged to the group of intellectuals known as "Generación del 45". In this generation, there are several writers such as Juan Carlos Onetti, Mario Benedetti, Sarandy Cabrera, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Ángel Rama, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Maggi, Alfredo Gravina, Mario Arregui, Amanda Berenguer, Humberto Megget, Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Gladys Castelvecchi and José Pedro Díaz among others. She also worked as a translator, composer and lecturer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Idea Vilariño is the 5,405th most popular writer (down from 5,266th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 188th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Uruguayan Writer.

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Among writers, Idea Vilariño ranks 5,405 out of 7,302Before her are Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Katherine Neville, Jean Amrouche, Castro Alves, Karel van de Woestijne, and Karl Wilhelm Ramler. After her are Donald Rayfield, Margery Kempe, Eugénio de Andrade, Anton Donchev, Virgilio Piñera, and Eduardo Acevedo Díaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Idea Vilariño ranks 360Before her are Helen Thomas, Sergio Livingstone, Zeno Colò, Irmgard Praetz, Laraine Day, and Franca Valeri. After her are Lucidio Sentimenti, Neville Brand, Raisa Aronova, Cecilia Colledge, Ingemar Hedberg, and Hemanta Mukherjee. Among people deceased in 2009, Idea Vilariño ranks 285Before her are Héctor Facundo, Nikola Kovachev, Harve Presnell, Ji Xianlin, Jacques Baratier, and Jacques Chessex. After her are Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ine Schäffer, Gayatri Devi, Luciano Emmer, Héctor Rossetto, and Jan Kaplický.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Idea Vilariño ranks 197 out of 444Before her are Máximo Tajes (1852), Lorenzo Latorre (1844), Pedro Figari (1861), Julio César Cortés (1941), Aníbal Ciocca (1915), and Ramón Alberto Villaverde (1930). After her are Carlos Scarone (1888), Eduardo Acevedo Díaz (1851), Juan Francisco Giró (1791), Luis Maidana (1934), Rodolfo Rodríguez (1956), and Roberto Figueroa (1904).

Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, Idea Vilariño ranks 17Before her are José Enrique Rodó (1871), Ida Vitale (1923), Felisberto Hernández (1902), Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936), Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855), and Claudio Williman (1861). After her are Eduardo Acevedo Díaz (1851), Francisco Acuña de Figueroa (1790), Carmen Posadas (1953), Jorge Majfud (1969), and Claudia Amengual (1969).