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Rubén Gallego

1968 - Today

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Rubén David González Gallego (Russian: Рубен Давид Гонсалес Гальего; born 20 September 1968) is a Russian writer of Spanish ancestry. After being born with severe cerebral palsy in the Soviet Union, Gallego was separated from his family at the age of one. He was sent to a state orphanage, because his grandfather, Ignacio Gallego, a Spanish Communist politician (General Secretary of the Spanish Communist Party since 1984), was ashamed of his birth disorder. He later told his daughter, Aurora Gallego Rodríguez (Rubén's mother), that her son had died. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Rubén Gallego is the 6,759th most popular writer (up from 6,874th in 2024), the 2,719th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,824th in 2019) and the 288th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rubén Gallego ranks 6,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Cecily von Ziegesar, Countee Cullen, George Etherege, Audrey Niffenegger, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, and Alexandre Jardin. After him are Miro Gavran, Edward Thomas, Toru Dutt, Nicholas Monsarrat, Màrius Serra, and Christopher Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Rubén Gallego ranks 593. Before him are Jens Seipenbusch, Doina Ignat, Wu Bai, Dinara Kulibaeva, Matjaž Zupan, and Daphne Koller. After him are Lisa Angell, Irina Belova, Lavell Crawford, Graham Harman, Svenja Schulze, and Carlos Costa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rubén Gallego ranks 2,719 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuri Kolokolnikov (1980), Vladimir Beschastnykh (1974), Roman Shirokov (1981), Aysen Nikolayev (1972), Vyacheslav Malafeev (1979), and Sergey Rodionov (1962). After him are Ilia Kulik (1977), Lyubov Yegorova (1966), Irina Pantaeva (1967), Andrei Shleifer (1961), Elena Chizhova (1957), and Igor Andreev (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Rubén Gallego ranks 288. Before him are Leyla Aliyeva (1984), Masha Gessen (1967), Yulia Latynina (1966), Dmitry Bykov (1967), Olga Slavnikova (1957), and Andrey Malakhov (1972). After him are Elena Chizhova (1957), Arkady Babchenko (1977), Wladimir Kaminer (1967), Victor Shenderovich (1958), Guzel Yakhina (1977), and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989).

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