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Ignacio Ramonet

1943 - Today

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Ignacio Ramonet Miguez (born 5 May 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist, and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique, serving from 1991 until March 2008. Under his leadership, LMD established editorial independence in 1996 from Le Monde, with which it had been affiliated since 1954. Ramonet published an editorial in December 1997 in Le Monde diplomatique on the Tobin tax that led to the launching of ATTAC. This is an activist organization promoting taxation of foreign exchange transactions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignacio Ramonet is the 3,225th most popular writer (down from 3,146th in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,037th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 3,225 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrew Lang, Cristina Calderón, Fernán Caballero, Phlegon of Tralles, Yury Tynyanov, and John Henry Mackay. After him are Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Valentin Rasputin, Erich Fried, Azalais de Porcairagues, and Tomaž Šalamun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 291. Before him are Ma'ruf Amin, Katherine Karađorđević, Peter Hyams, Gilbert & George, Penny Marshall, and Patricia Churchland. After him are Ronnie Spector, Peter Sinfield, Yukio Kasaya, William Calley, Leo Kinnunen, and Valery Nepomnyashchy.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 1,062 out of 3,355. Before him are Xavier Montsalvatge (1912), Joaquín Sabina (1949), Julieta Serrano (1933), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Quique Sánchez Flores (1965), and Agustín de Betancourt (1758). After him are Felicia of Roucy (1060), Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512), Kate Brown (1960), Joseíto (1926), Juan Pizarro (1511), and Pedro Salinas (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 115. Before him are Àngel Guimerà (1845), Louis of Granada (1504), Juan Ruiz (1283), Dámaso Alonso (1898), Juan Marsé (1933), and Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886). After him are Pedro Salinas (1891), Joan Maragall (1860), Joan Brossa (1919), Manuel José Quintana (1772), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), and Ibn Zaydún (1003).

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