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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón

1581 - 1639

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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581 – 4 August 1639) was a New Spanish writer of the Golden Age who cultivated different variants of dramaturgy. His works include the comedy La verdad sospechosa (es), which is considered a masterpiece of Latin American Baroque theater. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón is the 2,186th most popular writer (up from 2,585th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 121st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among writers, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 2,186 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Lemaitre, George Tabori, Thorbjørn Egner, Terry Eagleton, Gaston III, Count of Foix, and Andrey Kurkov. After him are Albert Cohen, Ai Qing, Sébastien Japrisot, Raymond E. Feist, Julian Tuwim, and Anton Bernolák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 9. Before him are Domenichino, Bernardo Strozzi, James Ussher, Peter Claver, Giulia Tofana, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. After him are Hendrik Brouwer, Edmund Gunter, Frans Francken the Younger, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Hedwig of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1639, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 10. Before him are Martin de Porres, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Roelant Savery, Martin Opitz, and Stefano Landi. After him are Augusta of Denmark, John Ford, Johannes Meursius, and Chen Jiru.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 100 out of 729. Before him are Henry Eyring (1901), Javier Aguirre (1958), Miguel Miramón (1832), Laura Harring (1964), Pedro Rodríguez (1940), and Luis Echeverría (1922). After him are Sara Ramirez (1975), Tizoc (1436), Juan Gabriel (1950), Manuel Ponce (1886), Edith González (1964), and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón ranks 5. Before him are Octavio Paz (1914), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Juan Rulfo (1917), and Thomas Mayne Reid (1818). After him are Laura Esquivel (1950), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), Fernando del Paso (1935), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), and Don Miguel Ruiz (1952).

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