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Jorge Ibargüengoitia

1928 - 1983

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Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (January 22, 1928 – November 27, 1983) was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: The Dead Girls, Two Crimes, and The Lightning of August. His plays include Susana y los Jóvenes and Ante varias esfinges, both dating from the 1950s. His work also includes short stories and chronicles and is currently considered one of the most influential writers in Latin American literature. Ibargüengoitia was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Ibargüengoitia is the 3,690th most popular writer (up from 4,617th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Mexico (up from 226th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among writers, Jorge Ibargüengoitia ranks 3,690 out of 7,302. Before him are Ludwig Anzengruber, Charles Fort, Yu Hua, Georgi Pulevski, Janet Asimov, and Esteban Echeverría. After him are Shere Hite, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Karel Kryl, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Ida Vitale, and Srečko Kosovel.

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Among people born in 1928, Jorge Ibargüengoitia ranks 300. Before him are Edgar Schein, Pierre Étaix, Emilio Pericoli, Robert Byrne, Eugenio Monti, and Eve Meyer. After him are Jürgen Moser, Eunice Gayson, Anna Kolesárová, Charles David Keeling, Pierre Schoendoerffer, and William Martínez. Among people deceased in 1983, Jorge Ibargüengoitia ranks 137. Before him are Barbara Karinska, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Anthony van Hoboken, Musine Kokalari, Antonin Magne, and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev. After him are Choi Chung-min, József Takács, José Villanueva, Erich Juskowiak, Mykola Bazhan, and Zhang Daqian.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Jorge Ibargüengoitia ranks 171 out of 729. Before him are Javier Lozano Barragán (1933), Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789), Bill Melendez (1916), Fernando del Paso (1935), Nigel Bruce (1895), and Juan N. Méndez (1820). After him are Juventino Rosas (1868), Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934), Victoria Ruffo (1962), Sergio Pérez (1990), Carmen Salinas (1939), and Alberto Suárez Inda (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Jorge Ibargüengoitia ranks 15. Before him are Juan Rulfo (1917), Fernando del Paso (1935), Laura Esquivel (1950), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Amado Nervo (1870), Cesar Millan (1969), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), and Guillermo Arriaga (1958). After him are Juan José Arreola (1921).

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