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Leopoldo Lugones

1874 - 1938

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Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic writings are often considered to be the founding works of Spanish-language modern poetry (not, however, modernismo). His short stories made him a crucial precursor and also a pioneer of both the fantastic and science fiction literature in Argentina. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopoldo Lugones is the 3,301st most popular writer (up from 3,391st in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among writers, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 3,301 out of 7,302. Before him are John Zerzan, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Richard Baxter, Booker T. Washington, Borislav Pekić, and Nataliya Kobrynska. After him are Viktor Astafyev, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Driss Chraïbi, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Johannes von Tepl, and Edmund White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 126. Before him are Dimitrios Golemis, Alfred Tysoe, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Eugen Fischer, Amy Lowell, and Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar. After him are Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Georges Lefebvre, Ludwig Diels, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, and Edward Marsh. Among people deceased in 1938, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 126. Before him are Ramón Franco, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Lampião, Florence Lawrence, Oscar Dessomville, and Juho Vennola. After him are Aleksander Kakowski, Joseph Strauss, Tang Shaoyi, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Agvan Dorzhiev, and Georges Urbain.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 234 out of 1,154. Before him are Jorge Bucay (1949), Juan Carlos Zabala (1911), René Houseman (1953), Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Juan Hohberg (1926), and Aníbal Troilo (1914). After him are Rodolfo Orlandini (1905), Susana Giménez (1944), René Favaloro (1923), Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915), Fernando Paternoster (1903), and Roberto Arlt (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Leopoldo Lugones ranks 15. Before him are Joseph Kessel (1898), María Kodama (1937), Esther Vilar (1935), María Elena Walsh (1930), Juan Gelman (1930), and Jorge Bucay (1949). After him are Roberto Arlt (1900), Olga Orozco (1920), Esteban Echeverría (1805), César Aira (1949), Ricardo Piglia (1941), and Juan José Saer (1937).

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