WRITER

Cristina Peri Rossi

1941 - Today

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Cristina Peri Rossi (born 12 November 1941) is a Uruguayan novelist, poet, translator, and author of short stories. Considered a leading light of the post-1960s period of prominence of the Latin-American novel, she has written more than 37 works. She has been a pioneer and one of the female authors associated to the Latin American Boom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristina Peri Rossi has received more than 114,274 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Cristina Peri Rossi is the 3,365th most popular writer (down from 3,188th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 71st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Uruguayan Writer.

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  • 58.49

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cristina Peri Rossi ranks 3,365 out of 7,302Before her are Rose Wilder Lane, Jean-Claude Izzo, Gunnar Heiberg, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hồ Xuân Hương, and Vera Brittain. After her are Anar Rzayev, Fanny Crosby, Rutebeuf, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Willibald Pirckheimer, and Daniel Guérin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Cristina Peri Rossi ranks 270Before her are Robert McKee, Tania Mallet, David Crystal, Richie Havens, Pino Donaggio, and Bakili Muluzi. After her are Wu Bangguo, Chieko Baisho, Signe Toly Anderson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Manny Charlton, and Daniel Schmid.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Cristina Peri Rossi ranks 83 out of 444Before her are Julio Pérez (1926), Zoilo Saldombide (1905), Juan Carlos González (1924), Aníbal Paz (1917), William Martínez (1928), and Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920). After her are Conduelo Píriz (1905), Rubén Morán (1930), Alberto Demicheli (1896), Andrés Mazali (1902), Juana de Ibarbourou (1892), and Julio Abbadie (1930).

Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, Cristina Peri Rossi ranks 9Before her are Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), Juan Carlos Onetti (1909), Horacio Quiroga (1878), Jules Supervielle (1884), and Delmira Agustini (1886). After her are Juana de Ibarbourou (1892), Ida Vitale (1923), José Enrique Rodó (1871), Felisberto Hernández (1902), Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936), and Idea Vilariño (1920).