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Sergio Badilla Castillo

1947 - Today

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Sergio Badilla Castillo (born November 30, 1947) is a Chilean poet who is the founder of poetic transrealism in contemporary poetry. He is considered the Latin American poet with the broadest Nordic influence, from the Finnish poets, Edith Södergran, Elmer Diktonius, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Saarikoski and the Swedes Gunnar Ekelöf, Tomas Tranströmer and Lars Gustafsson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergio Badilla Castillo is the 1,030th most popular writer (up from 2,058th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Chile (up from 35th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chilean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sergio Badilla Castillo ranks 1,030 out of 7,302. Before him are Egeria, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Claude Carrière, Alexandra David-Néel, Edith Södergran, and Paulinus of Nola. After him are Robert van Gulik, Raymond Radiguet, Giambattista Marino, August Kubizek, Lafcadio Hearn, and Thomas Malory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sergio Badilla Castillo ranks 83. Before him are Ronnie Wood, Carla Del Ponte, Gidon Kremer, Meat Loaf, Robert Englund, and Óscar Tabárez. After him are Bachir Gemayel, Zahi Hawass, Mitt Romney, Peter Sloterdijk, Alain Aspect, and Janet Mills.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Sergio Badilla Castillo ranks 14 out of 321. Before him are Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), and Claudio Arrau (1903). After him are Violeta Parra (1917), Jorge Medina (1926), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Patricio Aylwin (1918), Iván Zamorano (1967), and Pedro Pascal (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Sergio Badilla Castillo ranks 5. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), Gabriela Mistral (1889), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), and Luis Sepúlveda (1949). After him are Roberto Bolaño (1953), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), and Alberto Hurtado (1901).

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