WRITER

Antonio Skármeta

1940 - 2024

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Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic (November 7, 1940 – October 15, 2024) was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Skármeta has received more than 101,582 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Antonio Skármeta is the 2,144th most popular writer (down from 1,810th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Chile (down from 28th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Chilean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

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  • 55.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ardiente paciencia
1986
Burning patience
1987
Desnudo en el tejado
1969
El cartero de Neruda
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antonio Skármeta ranks 2,144 out of 7,302. Before him are Sven Nordqvist, Judith Kerr, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Minna Canth, Raul Hilberg, and János Arany. After him are Osvaldo Moles, Flannery O'Connor, Oliver Goldsmith, Ernst von Salomon, Goffredo Mameli, and Paul Féval, père.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Antonio Skármeta ranks 155. Before him are Jack Nicklaus, John Grinder, Linda Gray, James Herbert Brennan, Jan Stráský, and John Warnock. After him are Jeffrey Archer, John Havlicek, Dietmar Hopp, Charles Robert Jenkins, Wayne Dyer, and Sam Waterston. Among people deceased in 2024, Antonio Skármeta ranks 123. Before him are Bill Viola, Vaino Väljas, Philippe Leroy, Choe Thae-bok, James Herbert Brennan, and Jürgen Moltmann. After him are Sergei Novikov, Rosie Reyes, Frans Janssens, James Kottak, Tito Jackson, and Levan Tediashvili.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Antonio Skármeta ranks 37 out of 321. Before him are Humberto Maturana (1928), Arturo Vidal (1987), Pedro Pascal (1975), Nicanor Parra (1914), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877). After him are Arturo Alessandri (1868), Lucía Hiriart (1923), René Schneider (1913), Gabriel González Videla (1898), Laura Vicuña (1891), and José Manuel Balmaceda (1840).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Antonio Skármeta ranks 8. Before him are Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Gabriela Mistral (1889), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Nicanor Parra (1914), and Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947). After him are José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), Alberto Hurtado (1901), Francisco Coloane (1910), and Jorge Edwards (1931).

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