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Matilde Camus

1919 - 2012

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Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus (26 September 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a Spanish poet from Cantabria who also wrote non-fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matilde Camus is the 557th most popular writer (up from 668th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Spain (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Writer.

Matilde Camus is most famous for her novel "The House of the Spirits" which tells the story of a family of women in Chile.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matilde Camus ranks 557 out of 7,302. Before her are Anaïs Nin, Camilo José Cela, Robert A. Heinlein, Alice Munro, Yunus Emre, and Henry IV of Castile. After her are Elie Wiesel, Anthony Burgess, Tom Clancy, James Hilton, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Beatrix Potter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Matilde Camus ranks 19. Before her are Giulio Andreotti, Choi Kyu-hah, Zhao Ziyang, Moïse Tshombe, William Lipscomb, and Desmond Doss. After her are Walter Scheel, Fausto Coppi, Pierre Trudeau, Georgios Papadopoulos, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, and Lino Ventura. Among people deceased in 2012, Matilde Camus ranks 22. Before her are Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Clarke Duncan, Elinor Ostrom, Jon Lord, Ernest Borgnine, and Roger Garaudy. After her are Tony Scott, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Donna Summer, Sylvia Kristel, Griselda Blanco, and Larry Hagman.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Matilde Camus ranks 155 out of 3,355. Before her are Seneca the Elder (-54), Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Henry IV of Castile (1425). After her are James II of Aragon (1267), John II of Castile (1405), Amaro Pargo (1678), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), and Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Matilde Camus ranks 13. Before her are Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Henry IV of Castile (1425). After her are Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Joan Fuster (1922), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), and Luis de Góngora (1561).

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