WRITER

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

1973 - Today

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Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born 1973) is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. He has written many novels, short stories, literary essays, and numerous articles of political commentary. His novel The Sound of Things Falling, published in Spanish in 2011, won the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the 2014 International Dublin Literary Award, among other prizes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Gabriel Vásquez has received more than 154,345 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Juan Gabriel Vásquez is the 6,342nd most popular writer (down from 5,864th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 138th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Colombian Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 41.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Historia secreta de Costaguana
2007
Los amantes de Todos los Santos
2001
Los informantes
When Gabriel Santoro publishes his first book, a biography of a Jewish family friend who fled Germany for Colombia shortly before World War Two, it never occurs to him that his father will write a devastating review in a national newspaper. Why does he attack him so viciously? Do the pages of his book unwittingly hide some dangerous secret? As Gabriel sets out to discover what lies behind his father's anger, he finds himself undertaking an examination of the guilt and complicity at the heart of Colombian society, as one treacherous act perpetrated in those dark days returns with a vengeance half a century later.
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Persona
1997
Alina Suplicante
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Gabriel Vásquez ranks 6,342 out of 7,302. Before him are Brian Friel, Pat Conroy, Angie Sage, Dominique Bona, Damon Galgut, and Arthur Kopit. After him are Elizabeth Moon, Oscar Hijuelos, Frances Power Cobbe, Susan Hill, Ann Coulter, and Compton Mackenzie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Juan Gabriel Vásquez ranks 364. Before him are Choi Yong-soo, Tabatha Cash, Jason Behr, Levi Leipheimer, Óscar Pérez Rojas, and Fabio Pecchia. After him are Bart Goor, Paula Radcliffe, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Mark Boal, and Rui Jorge.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Juan Gabriel Vásquez ranks 150 out of 356. Before him are Francia Márquez (1981), Manolo Cardona (1977), Antony de Ávila (1962), Juan Pablo Ángel (1975), Willington Ortiz (1952), and Catherine Siachoque (1972). After him are Juan Pablo Raba (1977), Víctor Ibarbo (1990), Nairo Quintana (1990), Pablo Armero (1986), Óscar Ruiz (1969), and Rolando Serrano (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Colombia

Among writers born in Colombia, Juan Gabriel Vásquez ranks 9. Before him are Álvaro Mutis (1923), Samael Aun Weor (1917), Jorge Isaacs (1837), Fernando Vallejo (1942), José Eustasio Rivera (1888), and Laura Restrepo (1950).

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