WRITER

Fernando del Paso

1935 - 2018

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Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando del Paso has received more than 61,108 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Fernando del Paso is the 1,632nd most popular writer (up from 3,837th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 185th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

De la A a la Z, por un poeta
Alphabet rhymes, Children's poetry, Spanish
1990
Palinuro de México
Mexico in fiction, Fiction
"The gargantuan epic of medical student Palinuro's quest for the relationships between knowledge, myth, history, and art as he journeys through the real and imaginary realms of Mexico's cultural body. Original published in 1977 (see HLAS 42:5203) and winner of numerous international awards. Translation is inventive and 'reads like hypertext' (New York Times Book Review, 11 Aug. 1996). Lacks the introduction needed to bring its huge dimensions of slapstick and satire within reader's grasp"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
1977
Palinure de Mexico
1991
Noticias del Imperio
Fiction, History
1987
Obras
2000
José Trigo
1966
Linda 67
1995
José Trigo
Railroad construction workers, Trabajadores ferroviarios, Traición
1975
Palinuro de México
Mexico in fiction, Fiction, Fiction, general
"The gargantuan epic of medical student Palinuro's quest for the relationships between knowledge, myth, history, and art as he journeys through the real and imaginary realms of Mexico's cultural body. Original published in 1977 (see HLAS 42:5203) and winner of numerous international awards. Translation is inventive and 'reads like hypertext' (New York Times Book Review, 11 Aug. 1996). Lacks the introduction needed to bring its huge dimensions of slapstick and satire within reader's grasp"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
1977
La cocina mexicana de Socorro y Fernando del Paso
2016
José Trigo
1966
Noticias del Imperio
Fiction, History
1987

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fernando del Paso ranks 1,632 out of 7,302. Before him are Gore Vidal, Anonymus, Oribasius, Posidippus, Jurji Zaydan, and Ludwig Börne. After him are Ivan Klíma, Péter Nádas, Ira Levin, Avraham Stern, Martin Gardner, and Alphonse Allais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Fernando del Paso ranks 95. Before him are Luis del Sol, Carl Andre, Serge Klarsfeld, Judd Hirsch, Yury Solomin, and Gene Vincent. After him are Agne Simonsson, Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Julian Glover, and David Prowse. Among people deceased in 2018, Fernando del Paso ranks 85. Before him are Odvar Nordli, Richard Pipes, Robert Faurisson, Uri Avnery, Hayden White, and Aharon Appelfeld. After him are Keith O'Brien, Oliver Dragojević, Kim Jong-pil, Oskar Gröning, John Young, and Princess Elisabeth of Denmark.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Fernando del Paso ranks 75 out of 729. Before him are Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Pedro Lascuráin (1856), Itzcoatl (1380), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), Silvia Pinal (1931), and Verónica Castro (1952). After him are Javier Aguirre (1958), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897), Tizoc (1436), Katy Jurado (1924), and Jorge Campos (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Fernando del Paso ranks 5. Before him are Octavio Paz (1914), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), and Juan Rulfo (1917). After him are Laura Esquivel (1950), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Amado Nervo (1870), and Cesar Millan (1969).

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