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WRITER

Carlos Castaneda

1925 - 1998

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Carlos Castañeda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was an American writer. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe a training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Castaneda has received more than 2,425,650 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Carlos Castaneda is the 320th most popular writer (down from 271st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Peru (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Peruvian Writer.

Carlos Castaneda is most famous for his book series, The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge.

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  • 2.4M

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  • 69.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carlos Castaneda ranks 320 out of 5,755. Before him are Callimachus, Gregory of Tours, Karl May, François Mauriac, Jack Kerouac, and Ezra Pound. After him are Georges Bataille, Arthur Schnitzler, Einhard, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Graham Greene, and Elfriede Jelinek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Carlos Castaneda ranks 19. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad, Robert F. Kennedy, Tony Curtis, Lee Van Cleef, B.B. King, and Jorge Rafael Videla. After him are Audie Murphy, Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellers, Rock Hudson, Giorgio Napolitano, and Frantz Fanon. Among people deceased in 1998, Carlos Castaneda ranks 8. Before him are Pol Pot, Frank Sinatra, Jean Marais, Halldór Laxness, Todor Zhivkov, and Ernst Jünger. After him are Jean-François Lyotard, Yang Shangkun, Octavio Paz, Alan Shepard, Niklas Luhmann, and Vladimir Prelog.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Carlos Castaneda ranks 6 out of 232. Before him are Atahualpa (1502), Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), Alberto Fujimori (1938), and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920). After him are Túpac Amaru (1545), Lina Medina (1933), Manco Cápac (1250), Pachacuti (1380), Túpac Amaru II (1738), and Rose of Lima (1586).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Carlos Castaneda ranks 3. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936) and Isabel Allende (1942). After him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and José Santos Chocano (1875).

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