WRITER

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

1939 - 2003

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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939–18 October 2003) was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Vázquez Montalbán is the 1,453rd most popular writer (down from 1,378th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from Spain (down from 475th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 1,453 out of 7,302. Before him are Javier Marías, Alice Walker, Salawat Yulayev, José de Espronceda, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, and Marie Anne Lenormand. After him are Magda Szabó, J. G. Ballard, Evelyn Waugh, Viktor Suvorov, Lee Child, and Naim Frashëri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 99. Before him are Nobuyuki Oishi, Peter Bogdanovich, Guntis Ulmanis, Cynthia Lennon, Lucia Popp, and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira. After him are Paul Hogan, Alan Baker, Claudio Magris, Kit Bond, Seamus Heaney, and Kenzō Takada. Among people deceased in 2003, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 68. Before him are Edgar F. Codd, Valentin Pavlov, Anna Lindh, Ilan Ramon, Isao Iwabuchi, and Annemarie Schimmel. After him are Georg Henrik von Wright, Robert Atkins, Elem Klimov, Miloš Milutinović, Bob Hope, and Lu'ay al-Atassi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 496 out of 3,355. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953), Al-Mundhir of Córdoba (842), Erwig (642), Remedios Varo (1908), Federico Mayor Zaragoza (1934), and José de Espronceda (1808). After him are Aurelius of Asturias (740), Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (1963), Juan de Herrera (1530), Luis de Molina (1535), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), and Andrés Nin Pérez (1892).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 48. Before him are Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Pío Baroja (1872), José de Acosta (1540), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Javier Marías (1951), and José de Espronceda (1808). After him are Ibn al-Khatib (1313), Rafael Alberti (1902), Ausiàs March (1400), Sabino Arana (1865), Joseph Karo (1488), and Ildefonsus (607).

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