WRITER

César Aira

1949 - Today

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César Aira (Argentine Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ ˈajɾa]; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short books of stories, novels and essays. In fact, at least since 1993, a hallmark of his work is a truly frenetic level of writing and publication—two to five novella-length books each year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of César Aira has received more than 177,427 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). César Aira is the 3,917th most popular writer (up from 4,333rd in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 342nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Una novela china
1987
Cómo me hice monja
Childhood and youth, Fiction
1996
Un episodio en la vida del pintor viajero
Fiction, Novela, Ficción
2000
Las curas milagrosas del Doctor Aira
1998
El congreso de literatura
Fiction, Ficción, Literature
2004
The literary conference
Human cloning, Fiction
2010

Among WRITERS

Among writers, César Aira ranks 3,917 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Jean Jouve, Fernando de Herrera, Vera Inber, Jakob Abbadie, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Ludwig Anzengruber. After him are Gustaf Fröding, Irakli Abashidze, Katherine Anne Porter, Taranatha, Moa Martinson, and Nuruddin Farah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, César Aira ranks 324. Before him are Andrew Latimer, Sally Potter, Paulo César Carpegiani, John Akii-Bua, Janet Ågren, and Keith Rowley. After him are Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Nené, Bonnie Raitt, Boualem Sansal, Peter Maffay, and Ádám Fischer.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, César Aira ranks 306 out of 1,154. Before him are Juan José Tramutola (1902), Osvaldo Héctor Cruz (1931), Juan Esteban Pedernera (1796), Juan Carlos Zabala (1911), Vladislao Cap (1934), and Carlos Guastavino (1912). After him are Rinaldo Martino (1921), Tomás Maldonado (1922), Héctor Alterio (1929), Pascual Pérez (1926), Gabriel Calderón (1960), and Alfredo Rojas (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, César Aira ranks 19. Before him are Jorge Bucay (1949), Juan Gelman (1930), Ricardo Piglia (1941), Roberto Arlt (1900), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), and Juan José Saer (1937). After him are Hector Bianciotti (1930), Esteban Echeverría (1805), Ariel Dorfman (1942), Olga Orozco (1920), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), and Rodolfo Walsh (1927).

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