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Juan Gelman

1930 - 2014

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Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, where he arrived as a political exile of the Process, the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. In 2007, Gelman was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the most important award for Spanish-language literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Gelman is the 2,906th most popular writer (up from 3,016th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 215th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among writers, Juan Gelman ranks 2,906 out of 7,302. Before him are Vera Brittain, Aleksander Fredro, Vyacheslav Ivanov, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, and Tom Stoppard. After him are Richard Hughes, Eric Carle, Carl Bernstein, Kondraty Ryleyev, Richard Dehmel, and Francisco Balagtas.

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Among people born in 1930, Juan Gelman ranks 232. Before him are Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Frank McCourt, Anne Francis, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Ahmad Jamal, and José Ramón Machado Ventura. After him are Stuart Lewis-Evans, David Huddleston, Bora Kostić, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Ross Perot, and Liliana Segre. Among people deceased in 2014, Juan Gelman ranks 174. Before him are Alice Babs, Frans Brüggen, Magda Olivero, Helena Rakoczy, Alexander Imich, and Lorna Wing. After him are Pierre Bec, James Rebhorn, Stefanie Zweig, Horace Silver, Michael Sata, and Rudolph Rummel.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Juan Gelman ranks 199 out of 1,154. Before him are Carlos Pachamé (1944), José Luis Brown (1956), Eduardo Lonardi (1896), José Bonaparte (1928), Mauro Icardi (1993), and Oscar Bonavena (1942). After him are Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884), Cecilia Roth (1956), Nery Pumpido (1957), Francisco Moreno (1852), Carlos Pellegrini (1846), and Jorge Olguín (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Juan Gelman ranks 13. Before him are Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Joseph Kessel (1898), María Kodama (1937), Esther Vilar (1935), and María Elena Walsh (1930). After him are Jorge Bucay (1949), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Roberto Arlt (1900), Olga Orozco (1920), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and César Aira (1949).

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