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Carlos Ruiz Zafón

1964 - 2020

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos rwiθ θaˈfon]; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Ruiz Zafón has received more than 1,197,697 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the 875th most popular writer (down from 822nd in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Spain (down from 240th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Writer.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón is most famous for his novel, The Shadow of the Wind.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 875 out of 5,755Before him are H. Rider Haggard, Appius Claudius Caecus, Jean de Joinville, Gerard of Cremona, Ali Shariati, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. After him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Gaius Lucilius, Basava, Vicente Aleixandre, Hans Sachs, and Eugène Scribe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 21Before him are Roberto Mancini, Juliette Binoche, Michael Laudrup, Rocco Siffredi, Jürgen Klinsmann, and Nigel Farage. After him are Michelle Obama, Famke Janssen, Guillermo del Toro, Courteney Cox, Oleksandr Turchynov, and Klaus Ebner. Among people deceased in 2020, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 52Before him are Stirling Moss, Joel Schumacher, Kobe Bryant, Mirella Freni, Nexhmije Hoxha, and Luis Sepúlveda. After him are Eduard Limonov, Ulay, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Clive Cussler, Philip Warren Anderson, and James Randi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 267 out of 2,932Before him are Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), Carles Puyol (1978), Eleanor of Castile (1241), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), and Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822). After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Rafael Nadal (1986), and Raymond of Penyafort (1175).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Carlos Ruiz Zafón ranks 26Before him are Judah Halevi (1079), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Antonio Machado (1875), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Matilde Camus (1919), and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836). After him are Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), and Prudentius (348).

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