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Luisa Valenzuela

1938 - Today

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Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born 26 November 1938) is an Argentine post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She may be best-known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as Como en la guerra (1977), Cambio de armas (1982) and Cola de lagartija (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Luisa Valenzuela is the 6,021st most popular writer (down from 5,971st in 2024), the 597th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 598th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 6,021 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean Rouaud, Carol Shields, Marilyn Ferguson, François Nourissier, Steven Saylor, and Thomas Warton. After her are Svetlana Makarovič, Tara Westover, Edmund Gosse, Tom Brokaw, José Manuel Caballero, and Henry Jenkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 537. Before her are Alton Ellis, Rita Achkina, Achim Müller, Heidi Schmid, Marilyn Ferguson, and Carlos Contreras. After her are Napoleon Chagnon, Anne Buttimer, Nikolai Manoshin, John Hansen, Alberto Orlando, and Humberto Donoso.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 597 out of 1,154. Before her are Marcelo Álvarez (1962), Héctor Enrique (1962), Andrés Calamaro (1961), Cristian Romero (1998), Fito Páez (1963), and Gustavo Zapata (1967). After her are Pablo Cavallero (1974), Juan Martín Maldacena (1968), Delfo Cabrera (1919), Guillermo Coria (1982), Lucrecia Martel (1966), and Martita Hunt (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 31. Before her are Rodolfo Walsh (1927), Ariel Dorfman (1942), Angélica Gorodischer (1928), Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818), Delfina Bunge (1881), and Oliverio Girondo (1891). After her are Manuel Rojas (1896), Mariana Enríquez (1973), Carlos Salem (1959), Federico Andahazi (1963), Guillermo Martínez (1962), and Samanta Schweblin (1978).

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