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Julia Alvarez

1950 - Today

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Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and Yo! (1997). Her publications as a poet include Homecoming (1984) and The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004), and as an essayist the autobiographical compilation Something to Declare (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julia Alvarez is the 5,083rd most popular writer (up from 6,116th in 2019), the 7,739th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,317th in 2019) and the 581st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Julia Alvarez ranks 5,083 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean-Christophe Rufin, Gesualdo Bufalino, Gabriel Miró, Hermann Kant, Yulia Drunina, and María Teresa León. After her are Fernando Vallejo, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Andrea Maffei, Robert Charles Wilson, Bertalan Szemere, and Latifa al-Zayyat.

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Among people born in 1950, Julia Alvarez ranks 423. Before her are Nikica Valentić, David Johansen, Marshall Manesh, Alvaro Vitali, Gary Locke, and Ian McNeice. After her are Katie Eder, Bob Daisley, Tess Harper, Savio Hon, Renato Zero, and Lepo Sumera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Alvarez ranks 7,741 out of 20,380. Before her are Cindy Williams (1947), Doug Liman (1965), Tom Wopat (1951), Walt Frazier (1945), Dolores Hart (1938), and Royce da 5'9" (1977). After her are Daniel Lewin (1970), Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), Gene Pitney (1940), André Holland (1979), John Wesley Shipp (1955), and Billie Dove (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Julia Alvarez ranks 581. Before her are George Washington Williams (1849), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), John Gardner (1933), and Joseph Wambaugh (1937). After her are Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Michael Bishop (1945), Larry McMurtry (1936), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Ben Bova (1932), and Ann Druyan (1949).

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