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Rodolfo Walsh

1927 - 1977

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Rodolfo Jorge Walsh (January 9, 1927 – March 25, 1977) was an Argentine writer and journalist of Irish descent, considered the founder of investigative journalism in Argentina. He is most famous for his Open Letter from a Writer to the Military Junta, which he published the day before his murder, protesting that Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship's economic policies were having an even greater and disastrous effect on ordinary Argentines than its widespread human rights abuses. Born in Lamarque, Walsh finished his primary education in a small town in Río Negro Province, from where he moved to Buenos Aires in 1941, where he completed high school. Although he started studying philosophy at university, he abandoned it and held a number of different jobs, mostly as a writer or editor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rodolfo Walsh is the 4,851st most popular writer (down from 4,601st in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 388th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among writers, Rodolfo Walsh ranks 4,851 out of 7,302. Before him are Gavino Ledda, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Rachid Boudjedra, Barbro Lindgren, Joseph Roumanille, and Antanas Baranauskas. After him are Einar Már Guðmundsson, Nancy Huston, Grant Allen, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Johan Borgen, and Franciszek Karpiński.

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Among people born in 1927, Rodolfo Walsh ranks 325. Before him are Robert Alt, Håkon Brusveen, Ernesto Formenti, Kurt Svensson, Arturo Armando Molina, and Victor Mees. After him are Shriram Lagoo, Charles Jarrott, Edward Babiuch, Elliot See, Maurice Lafont, and Roberto Suazo Córdova. Among people deceased in 1977, Rodolfo Walsh ranks 197. Before him are Otto Kaiser, Ethel Waters, Giorgio Pessina, David Toro, Leila Hyams, and Peter Carl Goldmark. After him are Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Tafari Benti, Robert Lowell, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Zero Mostel, and Karl Kreutzberg.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Rodolfo Walsh ranks 406 out of 1,154. Before him are Facundo Arana (1972), Héctor De Bourgoing (1934), Carlos Menditeguy (1914), Marcelo Gallardo (1976), Osvaldo Héctor Cruz (1931), and Néstor Gorosito (1964). After him are Norberto Boggio (1931), José Chamot (1969), Martín Pando (1934), Enzo Fernández (2001), Ariel Dorfman (1942), and Francisco Sá (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Rodolfo Walsh ranks 25. Before him are César Aira (1949), Ricardo Piglia (1941), Juan José Saer (1937), Hector Bianciotti (1930), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), and Ricardo Güiraldes (1886). After him are Ariel Dorfman (1942), Angélica Gorodischer (1928), Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818), Delfina Bunge (1881), Oliverio Girondo (1891), and Luisa Valenzuela (1938).

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