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Juan Antonio Villacañas

1922 - 2001

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Juan Antonio Villacañas (born 1922 in Toledo; died August 21, 2001) was a Spanish poet, essayist and critic. In 2015, he was named distinguished son ("hijo predilecto") of the city of Toledo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Antonio Villacañas is the 4,235th most popular writer (down from 1,009th in 2019), the 1,330th most popular biography from Spain (down from 329th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Spanish Writer.

Juan Antonio Villacañas is most famous for being a Spanish serial killer who was convicted of killing 11 people in the 1990s.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 4,235 out of 7,302Before him are William Hazlitt, Karel Sabina, Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Emanuel Geibel, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. After him are Tevfik Fikret, Glen A. Larson, Cassandra Clare, Eno Raud, María de Zayas, and Raphael Holinshed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 264Before him are Juhan Smuul, Roberto Aballay, Jean Porter, Daniel Boulanger, Agustina Bessa-Luís, and Võ Văn Kiệt. After him are Jock Stein, William Gaddis, Károly Németh, Hal Clement, China Zorrilla, and Leonel Brizola. Among people deceased in 2001, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 192Before him are Grigory Chukhray, Luis Rijo, Ken Aston, Troy Donahue, Vasily Abaev, and Robert W. Floyd. After him are Joe Henderson, Jutta Rüdiger, Ken Green, Christl Haas, Pauline Kael, and John C. Lilly.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 1,330 out of 3,355Before him are Agustín García-Gasco Vicente (1931), Mikel Oyarzabal (1997), Segismundo Moret (1833), Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878), Iván de la Peña (1976), and Gregorio Fernández (1576). After him are José Berraondo (1878), María de Zayas (1590), Margarita Xirgu (1888), Francisco Ascaso (1901), Josefina Pla (1903), and Ildefonso Falcones (1959).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan Antonio Villacañas ranks 152Before him are Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), Rosa Montero (1951), Carmen de Burgos (1867), and Eduardo Pondal (1835). After him are María de Zayas (1590), Josefina Pla (1903), Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Gerardo Diego (1896), Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851), and Francisco Umbral (1932).