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Rosario Castellanos

1925 - 1974

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Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo kasteˈʝanos]; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gender oppression, and her work has influenced Mexican feminist theory and cultural studies. Though she died young, she opened the door of Mexican literature to women, and left a legacy that still resonates today. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosario Castellanos is the 2,613th most popular writer (up from 2,767th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 131st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosario Castellanos ranks 2,613 out of 7,302. Before her are Mir Taqi Mir, D. B. Weiss, Polemon I of Pontus, Giulio Angioni, Michael Grant, and Thomas Percy. After her are Friedrich Spee, Mariana Alcoforado, George Adamski, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Georges Ohnet, and Dezső Kosztolányi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Rosario Castellanos ranks 181. Before her are Jean d'Ormesson, Marco Cé, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Uzi Narkiss, Hugo Koblet, and Jean Raspail. After her are Mai Zetterling, Željko Čajkovski, Scott Carpenter, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Mario Merz, and Klaus Roth. Among people deceased in 1974, Rosario Castellanos ranks 95. Before her are Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Konstantin Melnikov, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Georgios Grivas, Maximilian de Angelis, and Werner Lorenz. After her are Cornelius Ryan, Jim Bausch, Manuel A. Odría, Vladimir Smirnov, Kurt Atterberg, and Christine Chubbuck.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Rosario Castellanos ranks 120 out of 729. Before her are José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), Isabel Moctezuma (1509), Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889), Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), and Ricardo Rodríguez (1942). After her are Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), Ce Acatl Topiltzin (947), Tlacaelel (1397), Fernando Colunga (1966), Lupe Vélez (1908), and Jorge Negrete (1910).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Rosario Castellanos ranks 7. Before her are Octavio Paz (1914), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Juan Rulfo (1917), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), and Laura Esquivel (1950). After her are Mariano Azuela (1873), Fernando del Paso (1935), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), and Amado Nervo (1870).

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