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Javier Sicilia

1956 - Today

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Javier Sicilia (1956, Mexico City) is a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist, peace activist and journalist in Mexico. He contributes to various print media such as the Mexico City daily La Jornada and Proceso magazine. He was founder and director of El Telar ("The Loom"), coordinator of several writing workshops, is a film and television writer, editor of Poesía magazine, a member of the editorial board of Los Universitarios y Cartapacios, the National System of Creators of Art since 1995, and is a professor of literature, aesthetics and screenwriting at Universidad La Salle at Cuernavaca and was director of the now-defunct magazine Ixtus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Sicilia is the 6,921st most popular writer (down from 6,843rd in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 531st in 2019) and the 25th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javier Sicilia ranks 6,921 out of 7,302. Before him are Emily St. John Mandel, J. Hillis Miller, William Joyce, Jacek Dukaj, Deborah Feldman, and Robert Pinsky. After him are Mavis Gallant, Attila Bartis, Mabel Strickland, Elizabeth Kostova, Ilija Trojanow, and Charley Boorman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Javier Sicilia ranks 726. Before him are Hiroshi Sowa, Dianne Fromholtz, Kimberly Beck, Willie Banks, Arleen Sorkin, and Nathan Seiberg. After him are John Kapelos, Angela Aames, Delta Burke, Sally Jewell, L.A. Reid, and Mark Todd.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Javier Sicilia ranks 528 out of 729. Before him are Mariana Seoane (1976), Armando Manzo (1958), Blanca Soto (1979), José Pilar Reyes (1955), Jesús Arellano (1973), and Kat Von D (1982). After him are Rafael Amaya (1977), Jorge Rodríguez (1968), Stephanie Sigman (1987), Dharius (1984), Aarón Díaz (1982), and Leydy Pech (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Javier Sicilia ranks 25. Before him are Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Roberto Orci (1973), Carlton Cuse (1959), Sabina Berman (1955), and Javier Valdez Cárdenas (1967). After him are Jorge Volpi (1968), Valeria Luiselli (1983), Laura Mendez (1853), and Alejandro Rejon Huchin (1997).

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