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Ariel Dorfman

1942 - Today

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Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ariel Dorfman has received more than 310,668 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ariel Dorfman is the 4,450th most popular writer (down from 4,355th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 347th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Argentinean Writer.

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  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ariel Dorfman ranks 4,450 out of 7,302. Before him are Alain de Botton, Rosemary Sutcliff, Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, Olaf Bull, and Sāyaṇa. After him are Gudrun Pausewang, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Jan Myrdal, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Einar Benediktsson, and Helen Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ariel Dorfman ranks 405. Before him are Dobromir Zhechev, Joe Lieberman, Gualtiero Bassetti, Claudine Longet, Ned Block, and Jerry Sloan. After him are Ramiro de León Carpio, Valentin Lebedev, Eduard Malofeyev, Boubacar Traoré, Rita Tushingham, and Beverly Aadland.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ariel Dorfman ranks 375 out of 1,154. Before him are Roberto Abbondanzieri (1972), José Ramos Delgado (1935), Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901), Emiliano Martínez (1992), Rubén Ayala (1950), and Miguel Ángel Brindisi (1950). After him are Julio Ricardo Cruz (1974), Olga Orozco (1920), Clemar Bucci (1920), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), Delfo Cabrera (1919), and Julián Álvarez (2000).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Ariel Dorfman ranks 22. Before him are Roberto Arlt (1900), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Juan José Saer (1937), César Aira (1949), Hector Bianciotti (1930), and Esteban Echeverría (1805). After him are Olga Orozco (1920), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886), Angélica Gorodischer (1928), and Oliverio Girondo (1891).

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