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Valeria Luiselli

1983 - Today

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Valeria Luiselli (born August 16, 1983) is a Mexican-American author. She is the author of the book of essays Sidewalks and the novel Faces in the Crowd, which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Luiselli's 2015 novel The Story of My Teeth was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Best Translated Book Award, and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Fiction, and she was awarded the Premio Metropolis Azul in Montreal, Quebec. Luiselli's books have been translated into more than 20 languages, with her work appearing in publications including, The New York Times, Granta, McSweeney's, and The New Yorker. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Valeria Luiselli is the 7,251st most popular writer (down from 7,141st in 2024), the 630th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 625th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Valeria Luiselli ranks 7,257 out of 7,302. Before her are Ngarmpun Vejjajiva, Rita Dove, Hanne Ørstavik, Charlotte Roche, Tamara Duda, Meena Alexander, Frances Hardinge, Victoria Francés, Ian Brennan, Melinda Nadj Abonji, Jim Cornette, and Tanja Stupar-Trifunović.

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Among people born in 1983, Valeria Luiselli ranks 774. Before her are Giorgia Bronzini, Evelyn Stevens, Stephen Thompson, Guillaume Gouix, Aaron Peirsol, and Amina Okueva. After her are Milan Jovanović, Brendan Christian, Diana Bacosi, Tatjana Hüfner, Alex Acker, and Sílvia Pérez Cruz.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Valeria Luiselli ranks 630 out of 729. Before her are Teresa Ruiz (1988), Gustavo Ayón (1985), Aldo de Nigris (1983), Litzy (1982), Germán Villa (1973), and Gonzalo Pineda (1982). After her are Babo (1976), Marcela Bovio (1979), Carlos Mercenario (1967), Missael Espinoza (1965), Pablo Barrera (1987), and Manuel Vidrio (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Valeria Luiselli ranks 28. Before her are Cristina Rivera Garza (1964), Carlton Cuse (1959), Sabina Berman (1955), Javier Valdez Cárdenas (1967), Javier Sicilia (1956), and Jorge Volpi (1968). After her are Laura Mendez (1853), and Alejandro Rejon Huchin (1997).

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