WRITER

Carlos Monsiváis

1938 - 2010

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Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (May 4, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena Poniatowska, José Emilio Pacheco, and Carlos Fuentes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Monsiváis has received more than 112,767 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Monsiváis is the 5,207th most popular writer (down from 4,662nd in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 241st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Mexican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La poesía mexicana del siglo XX
Mexican poetry
1966
El 68
2008
Las tradiciones de la imagen
History and criticism, Mexican poetry, Poesía mexicana
2001
Carlos Monsiváis
1966
El centro histórico de la ciudad de México
Street photography, Artistic Photography, Photography, Artistic
2005
Lo fugitivo permanece
1984

Page views of Carlos Monsiváis by language

Over the past year Carlos Monsiváis has had the most page views in the with 88,564 views, followed by English (11,913), and Russian (883). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (114.53%), Russian (71.46%), and Hungarian (36.89%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 5,207 out of 7,302. Before him are Christian Matras, Sam Lake, Lester del Rey, David McKee, Miklós Jósika, and Nikolai Pogodin. After him are Louis L'Amour, Leigh Bardugo, Alexander Shishkov, Polydore Vergil, Theodora Kroeber, and Natalya Baranskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 423. Before him are Nina Andreyeva, Sheila Dikshit, Hudson Austin, Jerry Rubin, Marcel Artelesa, and William Bolcom. After him are Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Halina Górecka, André Chorda, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Duane Eddy, and Louis-Marie Billé. Among people deceased in 2010, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 306. Before him are Walter Rudin, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Dorothy Provine, Olga Guillot, Tom Walkinshaw, and Frederick C. Weyand. After him are Abel Muzorewa, James Gammon, Gregory Isaacs, Trevor Taylor, Joseph Bessala, and Audouin Dollfus.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 282 out of 729. Before him are Sara Ramirez (1975), José Justo Corro (1794), José Ignacio Pavón (1791), Valentín Canalizo (1794), Jaime Gómez (1929), and Francisco Toledo (1940). After him are Moisés Solana (1935), Héctor Rebaque (1956), George W. Romney (1907), Miguel León-Portilla (1926), Marcelo Ebrard (1959), and Salvador Reyes Monteón (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 20. Before him are Guillermo Arriaga (1958), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), Juan José Arreola (1921), José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776), Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834), and Martín Luis Guzmán (1887). After him are Sabina Berman (1955), Carlton Cuse (1959), Javier Sicilia (1956), Javier Valdez Cárdenas (1967), Roberto Orci (1973), and Jorge Volpi (1968).

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