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Sergio Ramírez

1942 - Today

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Sergio Ramírez Mercado (Latin American Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo raˈmiɾes]; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government, in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. He was exiled from the country in 2021 and stripped of his nationality by the government in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergio Ramírez is the 3,601st most popular writer (down from 3,571st in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Nicaragua (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nicaraguan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sergio Ramírez ranks 3,601 out of 7,302. Before him are Chögyam Trungpa, Concepción Arenal, Elia Levita, Gabriela Zapolska, Vladimir Megre, and Demyan Bedny. After him are Nevil Shute, Vassilis Vassilikos, Brandon Sanderson, George Kodinos, Alma Reville, and Ernst Jandl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sergio Ramírez ranks 318. Before him are Gary Kildall, Christine Keeler, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Flora Purim, Al Jardine, and Modibo Keita. After him are Arthur Brown, Madeline Kahn, Paula Kelly, Thomas Hammarberg, Emília Vášáryová, and Susana Vieira.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Sergio Ramírez ranks 16 out of 34. Before him are Leopoldo Brenes (1949), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Bianca Jagger (1945), Claribel Alegría (1924), and Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926). After him are Gioconda Belli (1948), José Santos Zelaya (1853), Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), Edén Pastora (1936), and Carlos Fonseca (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Nicaragua

Among writers born in Nicaragua, Sergio Ramírez ranks 3. Before him are Rubén Darío (1867), and Claribel Alegría (1924). After him are Gioconda Belli (1948).

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