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Augusto Monterroso

1921 - 2003

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Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 – February 7, 2003) was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusto Monterroso has received more than 151,183 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Augusto Monterroso is the 2,998th most popular writer (up from 3,102nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Honduras and the most popular Honduran Writer.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augusto Monterroso ranks 2,998 out of 5,755. Before him are Ernst Wiechert, Rabia Balkhi, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Vincent Voiture, and Nick Hornby. After him are Lars Norén, Yang Jiang, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Felix Timmermans, Charles Blanc, and Sachchidananda Vatsyayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Augusto Monterroso ranks 185. Before him are Michalina Wisłocka, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Milorad Pavić, Andrzej Munk, Juan Zambudio Velasco, and Giorgio Strehler. After him are Willem Frederik Hermans, Blaže Koneski, Nancy Kelly, Brian Keith, Grigory Chukhray, and Amedeo Amadei. Among people deceased in 2003, Augusto Monterroso ranks 138. Before him are Hans Hotter, Philip Stone, Sadegh Khalkhali, Milton George Henschel, Luděk Pachman, and Kir Bulychev. After him are Paul Janssen, Nello Pagani, Winston Graham, Sam Phillips, Hope Lange, and Lothar Emmerich.

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In Honduras

Among people born in Honduras, Augusto Monterroso ranks 7 out of 71. Before him are Manuel Zelaya (1952), Francisco Morazán (1792), Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942), Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1947), Xiomara Castro (1959), and Roberto Micheletti (1943). After him are Juan Orlando Hernández (1968), Oswaldo López Arellano (1921), Juan Lindo (1790), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), and Ramón Villeda Morales (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Honduras

Among writers born in Honduras, Augusto Monterroso ranks 1. 

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