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Javier Cercas

1962 - Today

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Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis (translated by Anne McLean), and the European Book Prize for The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Cercas is the 3,902nd most popular writer (up from 4,614th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,421st in 2019) and the 143rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javier Cercas ranks 3,902 out of 7,302. Before him are Eiko Kadono, Leopold Zunz, Zenta Mauriņa, Gertrude Jekyll, Angel Wagenstein, and Kjartan Fløgstad. After him are Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Voltairine de Cleyre, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Mato Kósyk, Nikolay Novikov, and Nikola Vaptsarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Javier Cercas ranks 183. Before him are Richard Roxburgh, Susanne Klatten, Ferran Adrià, Hakainde Hichilema, Sakis Rouvas, and Julio César Chávez. After him are Mike Massimino, Anatoly Khrapaty, Mike Conley Sr., Jutta Kleinschmidt, Titus Welliver, and Uwe Rahn.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 1,236 out of 3,355. Before him are Iñigo Martínez (1991), Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831), Fernando Llorente (1985), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Paz Vega (1976), and Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920). After him are Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), Kiti Mánver (1953), Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Ricardo Blázquez (1942), and Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Javier Cercas ranks 143. Before him are Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579), Txillardegi (1929), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), José Cadalso (1741), and Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916). After him are Quim Monzó (1952), Alejandro Casona (1903), Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), and Rosa Montero (1951).

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