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Ricardo Piglia

1941 - 2017

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Ricardo Piglia (November 24, 1941, in Adrogué – January 6, 2017, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ricardo Piglia is the 3,804th most popular writer (down from 3,058th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 218th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ricardo Piglia ranks 3,804 out of 7,302. Before her are Marianne Moore, Laurens van der Post, Ari Behn, Farrukhi Sistani, Wang Bo, and Luigi Capuana. After her are Alberto Savinio, Claude Aveline, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Bill Bryson, Émile Souvestre, and Albert Aurier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ricardo Piglia ranks 315. Before her are Pedro Carmona, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Pino Donaggio, Manny Charlton, and Holger Meins. After her are Albert Shesternyov, Chieko Baisho, Nate Thurmond, Signe Toly Anderson, Rintaro, and Ed Roberts. Among people deceased in 2017, Ricardo Piglia ranks 270. Before her are Octavio Lepage, Spencer Johnson, Shyama, Kurt Moll, Qian Qichen, and Hal Moore. After her are Daniil Granin, Mark White, Ilya Glazunov, Oleg Vidov, Holger Czukay, and Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ricardo Piglia ranks 276 out of 1,154. Before her are Néstor Combin (1939), Juan d'Arienzo (1900), Robledo Puch (1952), Martín Demichelis (1980), César Aira (1949), and Oscar Ruggeri (1962). After her are Arturo Rawson (1885), Roberto Sensini (1966), José Eulogio Gárate (1944), Martín Miguel de Güemes (1785), Antonio Rattín (1937), and Juan José Saer (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Ricardo Piglia ranks 20. Before her are Jorge Bucay (1949), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Roberto Arlt (1900), Olga Orozco (1920), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and César Aira (1949). After her are Juan José Saer (1937), Hector Bianciotti (1930), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), and Ariel Dorfman (1942).

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