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Álvaro Mutis

1923 - 2013

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Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (August 25, 1923 – September 22, 2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He won the 1991 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He was awarded the 2001 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2002 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Mutis is the 1,817th most popular writer (up from 2,186th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Writer.

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Among writers, Álvaro Mutis ranks 1,817 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore I, Anna Leonowens, Ted Hughes, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. After him are Petros Markaris, Alexander Grin, Ruan Ji, Oliver Goldsmith, Peter Shaffer, and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi.

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Among people born in 1923, Álvaro Mutis ranks 110. Before him are Otfried Preußler, Madeleine Lebeau, Yaşar Kemal, Aaron Spelling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Belisario Betancur. After him are Ernst Nolte, Menahem Pressler, Alexandre Astruc, Walerian Borowczyk, André Courrèges, and Alicia de Larrocha. Among people deceased in 2013, Álvaro Mutis ranks 107. Before him are Pedro Rocha, Otfried Preußler, Joe Weider, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Stéphane Hessel, and Wolfgang Sawallisch. After him are Dennis Farina, Mitja Ribičič, Édouard Molinaro, Rosalía Mera, Ray Price, and Emilio Colombo.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Álvaro Mutis ranks 28 out of 356. Before him are Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), John Leguizamo (1964), and Belisario Betancur (1923). After him are Ernesto Samper (1950), Rodrigo Lara (1946), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), and James Rodríguez (1991).

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Among WRITERS In Colombia

Among writers born in Colombia, Álvaro Mutis ranks 3. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927), and Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913). After him are Samael Aun Weor (1917), Jorge Isaacs (1837), José Eustasio Rivera (1888), Fernando Vallejo (1942), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (1973), and Laura Restrepo (1950).

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