WRITER

Ignacio Ramonet

1943 - Today

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Ignacio Ramonet Miguez (born 5 May 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist, and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique, serving from 1991 until March 2008. Under his leadership, LMD established editorial independence in 1996 from Le Monde, with which it had been affiliated since 1954. Ramonet published an editorial in December 1997 in Le Monde diplomatique on the Tobin tax that led to the launching of ATTAC. This is an activist organization promoting taxation of foreign exchange transactions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignacio Ramonet has received more than 81,559 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ignacio Ramonet is the 3,147th most popular writer (up from 3,181st in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 113th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 3,147 out of 7,302. Before him are René Daumal, Antonio de Guevara, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Tristan Bernard, Qian Zhongshu, and Edward Gorey. After him are Péter Szondi, Abdurauf Fitrat, Kir Bulychev, Paul Fleming, Shibli Nomani, and Daniel-Rops.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 283. Before him are Robert Crumb, Antal Dunai, Gary Burton, Kirin Kiki, Grover Washington Jr., and Ramón Grosso. After him are Scott Walker, Valerie Perrine, Frederick Chiluba, Penny Marshall, Sylvester McCoy, and Peter Hyams.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 1,037 out of 3,355. Before him are Jerónimo Saavedra (1936), Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1838), Migueli (1951), Fausto Elhuyar (1755), Juan O'Donojú (1762), and Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936). After him are Maria de Luna (1353), José Enrique Varela (1891), Justo Tejada (1933), Émile Henry (1872), Ibn Hayyan (987), and Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ignacio Ramonet ranks 113. Before him are Juan Ruiz (1283), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Ibn Zaydún (1003), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), Joan Maragall (1860), and Pedro Salinas (1891). After him are Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), Robert de Nola (1500), Ildefonso Falcones (1959), Joan Brossa (1919), Ramón Chao (1935), and Dámaso Alonso (1898).

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