WRITER

Roberto Bolaño

1953 - 2003

Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (Spanish: [roˈβeɾto βoˈlaɲo ˈaβalos] ; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel The Savage Detectives, and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages". Bolaño's work is highly regarded by both writers and contemporary literary critics. The New York Times described him as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation" and he has frequently been compared with Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Bolaño is the 1,105th most popular writer (down from 1,083rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Chile (down from 15th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chilean Writer.

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Among writers, Roberto Bolaño ranks 1,105 out of 7,302. Before him are Tess Gerritsen, David Grossman, Tony Buzan, Mori Ōgai, Oliver Sacks, and Juan Rulfo. After him are Publilius Syrus, Roger Zelazny, Alexander Kielland, Alexander Ostrovsky, D. T. Suzuki, and Herodian.

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Tess Gerritsen
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 1,099
David Grossman
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,100
Tony Buzan
1942 - 2019
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,101
Mori Ōgai
1862 - 1922
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 1,102
Oliver Sacks
1933 - 2015
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 1,103
Juan Rulfo
1917 - 1986
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 1,104
Roberto Bolaño
1953 - 2003
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 1,105
Publilius Syrus
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,106
Roger Zelazny
1937 - 1995
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,107
Alexander Kielland
1849 - 1906
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,108
Alexander Ostrovsky
1823 - 1886
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,109
D. T. Suzuki
1870 - 1966
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,110
Herodian
170 - 250
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,111

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Roberto Bolaño ranks 57. Before him are Alfred Molina, Gaetano Scirea, Michael J. Sandel, Felix Magath, John Zorn, and Tess Gerritsen. After him are Mata Amritanandamayi, Ron Jeremy, Tony Shalhoub, José María Aznar, Aleksandr Akimov, and András Schiff. Among people deceased in 2003, Roberto Bolaño ranks 49. Before him are Horst Buchholz, Leslie Cheung, Waichiro Omura, Jack Elam, David M. Brown, and David Dacko. After him are Eizo Yuguchi, Franco Corelli, Monique Wittig, Tadao Horie, Diana Mosley, and Moktar Ould Daddah.

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Alfred Molina
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 51
Gaetano Scirea
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - 1989
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 52
Michael J. Sandel
PHILOSOPHER
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 53
Felix Magath
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 54
John Zorn
MUSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 55
Tess Gerritsen
WRITER
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 56
Roberto Bolaño
WRITER
1953 - 2003
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 57
Mata Amritanandamayi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 58
Ron Jeremy
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 59
Tony Shalhoub
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 60
José María Aznar
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 61
Aleksandr Akimov
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1953 - 1986
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 62
András Schiff
MUSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 63