WRITER

José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi

1776 - 1827

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José Joaquín Eugenio Fernández de Lizardi Gutiérrez (November 15, 1776 – June 21, 1827) was a Mexican writer and political journalist. He is best known as the author of El Periquillo Sarniento (1816), translated into English as The Mangy Parrot, reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi is the 4,674th most popular writer (up from 4,843rd in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 244th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among writers, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi ranks 4,674 out of 7,302. Before him are Felix Dahn, William Wharton, Agapius of Hierapolis, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Shel Silverstein, and Eliška Krásnohorská. After him are Amelia Edwards, Maksim Tank, Mykola Zerov, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Bhalchandra Nemade, and Chen Zi'ang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi ranks 38. Before him are Bernardino Drovetti, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Ignaz von Seyfried, Henri Dutrochet, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, and Hirata Atsutane. After him are Sydney, Lady Morgan, Dániel Berzsenyi, Charles Hamilton Smith, George M. Bibb, and Amos Eaton. Among people deceased in 1827, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi ranks 33. Before him are Pōmare III, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Hugh Clapperton, János Bihari, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne. After him are Henry Salt, Charles Willson Peale, Rufus King, and Israel Pickens.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi ranks 235 out of 729. Before him are Francisco Cabañas (1912), Alberto Del Rio (1977), Guillermo Arriaga (1958), Mariano Paredes (1797), Valentín Canalizo (1794), and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834). After him are Rosenda Monteros (1935), Diego Luna (1979), Juan José Arreola (1921), Cesar Millan (1969), Francisco Jara (1941), and Félix María Zuloaga (1813).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi ranks 16. Before him are Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), Amado Nervo (1870), Guillermo Arriaga (1958), and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834). After him are Juan José Arreola (1921), Cesar Millan (1969), Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Roberto Orci (1973), and Carlton Cuse (1959).

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