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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 4,678th most popular writer (down from 3,955th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 190th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Mexican Writer.

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  • 18

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  • 1.74

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 4,678 out of 5,755Before him are Steven Millhauser, Bill O'Reilly, Gulnazar Keldi, Marguerite Audoux, Joseba Sarrionandia, and M. R. James. After him are Ben Bova, Kārlis Skalbe, Richard Russo, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Han Kang, and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 372Before him are Waheeda Rehman, Verna Bloom, Werner Olk, John Corigliano, Severino Reija, and Robert Rubin. After him are Duane Eddy, Bart Berman, Jon Sobrino, Urs Widmer, Paula Prentiss, and Betty Cuthbert. Among people deceased in 2010, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 268Before him are Robin Milner, Christopher Cazenove, Bernard Clavel, Galimzyan Khusainov, Philippe Séguin, and Audouin Dollfus. After him are Vesna Parun, Armand Razafindratandra, Harry Vos, Olga Guillot, Boris Tishchenko, and Pedro Dellacha.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 242 out of 585Before him are Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Francisco Garza Gutiérrez (1904), Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800), Angélica Rivera (1969), Pedro Vélez (1787), and Óscar Bonfiglio (1905). After him are Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1927), Moisés Solana (1935), Francisco Javier Echeverría (1797), Efraín Amézcua (1907), Félix María Zuloaga (1813), and María Guadalupe García Zavala (1878).

Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Carlos Monsiváis ranks 19Before him are Fernando del Paso (1935), Guillermo Arriaga (1958), Juan José Arreola (1921), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834), and José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776). After him are Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Carlton Cuse (1959), Javier Valdez Cárdenas (1967), Roberto Orci (1973), Javier Sicilia (1956), and Jorge Volpi (1968).