WRITER

Juan Gelman

1930 - 2014

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Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Gelman has received more than 108,066 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). Juan Gelman is the 3,016th most popular writer (down from 2,616th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 155th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
Argentine literature
1993
Valer la pena
2001
Los poemas de Sidney West
1972
País que fue será
Poesía argentina, Argentine poetry
2004
Miradas
Arts
2004
Poemas de Sidney West
Translations into English, Spanish poetry
2008

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Gelman ranks 3,016 out of 7,302. Before him are Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Caroline Graham, Anšlavs Eglītis, Thomas of Britain, Titus Burckhardt, and Michel Ocelot. After him are Åsa Larsson, Bo Carpelan, Antoninus Liberalis, Marius Maximus, Kjell Askildsen, and Hans Erich Nossack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Juan Gelman ranks 240. Before him are Adile Naşit, Roy E. Disney, Jim Hall, Gastone Nencini, Jim Rohn, and Shahabuddin Ahmed. After him are Josef Hügi, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Miodrag Bulatović, Jean Guillou, Gregory Corso, and Orvar Bergmark. Among people deceased in 2014, Juan Gelman ranks 158. Before him are Vasiľ Biľak, Horace Silver, Tomaž Šalamun, Magda Olivero, Peret, and Jorge María Mejía. After him are Anatoly Berezovoy, Abdelmajid Lakhal, Azlan Shah of Perak, Paul Wild, Emmanuel III Delly, and Käbi Laretei.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Juan Gelman ranks 215 out of 1,154. Before him are Ezequiel Lavezzi (1985), Cecilia Roth (1956), Silvio Marzolini (1940), Jorge María Mejía (1923), Matías Almeyda (1973), and Vicente López y Planes (1785). After him are Luis Moreno Ocampo (1952), José Della Torre (1906), Ricardo Piglia (1941), Charly García (1951), Roberto Perfumo (1942), and Roque Sáenz Peña (1851).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Juan Gelman ranks 14. Before him are Victoria Ocampo (1890), Joseph Kessel (1898), Esther Vilar (1935), María Elena Walsh (1930), María Kodama (1937), and Jorge Bucay (1949). After him are Ricardo Piglia (1941), Roberto Arlt (1900), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Juan José Saer (1937), César Aira (1949), and Hector Bianciotti (1930).

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