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Alejandro Jodorowsky

1929 - Today

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Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (Spanish: [xoðoˈɾofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his films El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation". Born to Jewish-Ukrainian parents in Chile, Jodorowsky experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed himself in reading and writing poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alejandro Jodorowsky has received more than 4,621,796 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Alejandro Jodorowsky is the 425th most popular writer (down from 302nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Chile (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Writer.

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, author, actor, and psychotherapist. He is most famous for his avant-garde films, such as El Topo and The Holy Mountain.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 425 out of 7,302. Before him are John Keats, Arion, Sholem Aleichem, Lactantius, Constantine P. Cavafy, and Seneca the Elder. After him are Nadine Gordimer, Vladimir Vysotsky, Philip Roth, William of Rubruck, Phaedrus, and Andrzej Sapkowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 30. Before him are Sándor Kocsis, Christopher Plummer, Djalma Santos, Tigran Petrosian, James Hong, and Sam Nujoma. After him are Isamu Akasaki, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Rudolf Mössbauer, Lata Mangeshkar, Chet Baker, and Hafizullah Amin.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 5 out of 321. Before him are Augusto Pinochet (1915), Salvador Allende (1908), Pablo Neruda (1904), and Víctor Jara (1932). After him are Gabriela Mistral (1889), Michelle Bachelet (1951), Sebastián Piñera (1949), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), and Patricio Aylwin (1918).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Alejandro Jodorowsky ranks 2. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904). After him are Gabriela Mistral (1889), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Nicanor Parra (1914), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), Antonio Skármeta (1940), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), and Alberto Hurtado (1901).

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