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Nélida Piñon

1937 - 2022

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Nélida Piñon (3 May 1937 – 17 December 2022) was a Brazilian author and professor. At the time of her death, Piñon was "considered among the foremost writers in Brazil today". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nélida Piñon is the 4,794th most popular writer (down from 4,352nd in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 468th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Nélida Piñon is a Brazilian author and journalist who is best known for her contributions to Brazilian literature. She has written numerous novels, short stories, and essays, many of which have won prestigious awards, including the Camões Prize, the most important literary award in the Portuguese-speaking world. Piñon is known for her lyrical and poetic prose, which explores themes such as identity, memory, and the human condition.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nélida Piñon ranks 4,794 out of 7,302. Before her are Félix María de Samaniego, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Hans Jæger, José Eduardo Agualusa, Hans Henny Jahnn, and François Weyergans. After her are Florence Delay, Iakob Gogebashvili, Christian Lassen, Georgi Gospodinov, Mikhail Kheraskov, and Rosa Chacel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Nélida Piñon ranks 364. Before her are Delia Derbyshire, David Acevedo, Regimantas Adomaitis, John Devitt, Antonio Betancort, and David Bailie. After her are Göran Tunström, Gary Lockwood, Manfred Krug, Pino Puglisi, Barbro Lindgren, and Antonio Bailetti. Among people deceased in 2022, Nélida Piñon ranks 379. Before her are Regimantas Adomaitis, Jonny Nilsson, Ken Starr, Anatoly Kvashnin, Frédérick Tristan, and Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. After her are Gennady Burbulis, Giuseppe Wilson, Shireen Abu Akleh, Víctor Benítez, Beatrice Mintz, and Taylor Hawkins.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Nélida Piñon ranks 556 out of 2,236. Before her are Graciliano Ramos (1892), Zé Maria (1949), Edson Tavares (1956), Luisão (1981), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), and Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922). After her are Cacau (1981), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Irmã Dulce (1914), Tetsuo Okamoto (1932), Batista (1955), and Evair (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Nélida Piñon ranks 25. Before her are Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Gonçalves Dias (1823), and Graciliano Ramos (1892). After her are Olavo Bilac (1865), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Manuel Bandeira (1886), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), and Erico Verissimo (1905).

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