WRITER

María Kodama

1937 - 2023

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María Kodama Schweizer (10 March 1937 – 26 March 2023) was an Argentine writer and translator. The widow of author Jorge Luis Borges, she was the sole owner of his estate after his death in 1986. Borges had bequeathed to Kodama his rights as author in a will written in 1979, when she was his literary secretary, and bequeathed to her his whole estate in 1985. They were married in 1986, shortly before Borges' death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. María Kodama is the 2,521st most popular writer (down from 2,463rd in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 164th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, María Kodama ranks 2,521 out of 7,302Before her are Rebecca West, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Mohammed Dib, Jean d'Ormesson, Terence McKenna, and Sogyal Rinpoche. After her are Heimito von Doderer, Ikki Kita, Cornelis de Bruijn, Antigonus of Carystus, Hermas, and John VIII of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, María Kodama ranks 169Before her are Sofiko Chiaureli, Rudi Altig, Gundula Janowitz, Marie Dubois, Carlos Westendorp, and Yuri Manin. After her are Viktor Ponedelnik, Foday Sankoh, Archie Shepp, Harris Yulin, Barbara Jones, and Mikheil Meskhi. Among people deceased in 2023, María Kodama ranks 160Before her are Inna Churikova, Carla Bley, Ferran Olivella, Juanita Castro, Walter Cunningham, and Yuri Manin. After her are Petar Nadoveza, Luboš Kohoutek, Ken Block, Vera Krepkina, Josep Maria Fusté, and Craig Brown.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, María Kodama ranks 169 out of 1,154Before her are Roberto Cherro (1907), Onofre Marimón (1923), Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887), Roberto Ayala (1973), Víctor Manuel Fernández (1962), and Alfio Basile (1943). After her are Daniel Bertoni (1955), Esther Vilar (1935), Ángel Bossio (1905), Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925), Ángel Labruna (1918), and Nicolás Avellaneda (1837).

Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, María Kodama ranks 10Before her are Manuel Puig (1932), Silvina Ocampo (1903), Victoria Ocampo (1890), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), and Joseph Kessel (1898). After her are Esther Vilar (1935), María Elena Walsh (1930), Juan Gelman (1930), Jorge Bucay (1949), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), and Roberto Arlt (1900).