The Most Famous

WRITERS from El Salvador

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This page contains a list of the greatest Salvadoran Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 1 of which were born in El Salvador. This makes El Salvador the birth place of the 127th most number of Writers behind Saint Lucia, and Luxembourg.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Salvadoran Writers of all time. This list of famous Salvadoran Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901 - 1979)

With an HPI of 58.21, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry is the most famous Salvadoran Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Consuelo, comtesse de Saint-Exupéry (née Suncín de Sandoval; 10 April 1901 – 28 May 1979), was a Salvadoran-French writer and artist, and was married to the French aristocrat, writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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2. Unica Zürn (1916 - 1970)

With an HPI of 53.48, Unica Zürn is the 2nd most famous Salvadoran Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Unica Zürn (6 July 1916 – 19 October 1970) was a German author and artist. Zürn is remembered for her works of anagram poetry and automatic drawing and for her photographic collaborations with Hans Bellmer. An exhibition of Bellmer and Zürn's work took place at the Ubu Gallery in New York City in the spring of 2012.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Salvadoran writers born between 1901 and 1916. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Salvadoran writers include Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and Unica Zürn.

Deceased Salvadoran Writers

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