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Jorge Volpi

1968 - Today

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Jorge Volpi (full name Jorge Volpi Escalante, born July 10, 1968) is a Mexican novelist and essayist, best known for his novels such as In Search of Klingsor (En busca de Klingsor). Trained as a lawyer, he gained notice in the 1990s with his first publications and participation in the pronouncement of the "Crack Manifesto" with several other young writers to protest the state of Mexican literature and promote their own work. Volpi's novels are distinct from magical realism and other trends of Latin American literature as they focus on the actions of characters and research into academic topics, especially history and science, and do not always focus on Latin American characters and settings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Volpi has received more than 59,318 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Volpi is the 6,300th most popular writer (down from 5,594th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Mexican Writer.

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  • 59k

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  • 33.38

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Volpi ranks 6,300 out of 5,755Before him are Lucille Clifton, Sushmita Banerjee, Jorge Majfud, Rainbow Rowell, Cyprian Ekwensi, and Ruth Park. After him are Conrad Richter, Catherine Asaro, Anthony Doerr, Niloofar Rahmani, Laila Lalami, and Maggie Stiefvater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Jorge Volpi ranks 640Before him are David Gray, Attila Bartis, Jorge Cadete, Robert Gant, Jesús Rollán, and Susana Harp. After him are Kimmo Kinnunen, Kristen Cloke, Laila Lalami, Franka Dietzsch, Josef Polig, and Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Jorge Volpi ranks 468 out of 585Before him are Perro Aguayo Jr. (1979), Carlos Salcedo (1993), Edson Álvarez (1997), Alfredo Talavera (1982), Teresa Ruiz (1988), and Susana Harp (1968). After him are Andrea Meza (1994), Marco Fabián (1989), Paulina Gaitán (1991), Yalitza Aparicio (1993), Adolfo Bautista (1979), and Leonardo López Luján (1964).

Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Jorge Volpi ranks 25Before him are Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Carlton Cuse (1959), Javier Valdez Cárdenas (1967), Roberto Orci (1973), and Javier Sicilia (1956). After him are Valeria Luiselli (1983) and Alejandro Rejon Huchin (1997).