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Juan José Saer

1937 - 2005

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Juan José Saer (Serodino, Santa Fe, Argentina, June 28, 1937 – Paris, France, June 11, 2005) was an Argentine writer, considered one of the most important in Latin American literature and in Spanish-language literature of the 20th century. He is considered the most important writer of Argentina after Jorge Luis Borges (according to Martin Kohan) and the best Argentine writer of the second half of the 20th century (according to Beatriz Sarlo). Four of his novels - La Pesquisa, El Entenado, La Grande and Glosa - appear on various lists made by Latin American and Spanish writers and critics of the best 100 books in the Spanish language of the last 25 years For his novel La Ocasión he won the Nadal Prize in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan José Saer has received more than 58,544 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan José Saer is the 4,011th most popular writer (down from 3,585th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 267th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan José Saer ranks 4,011 out of 5,755. Before him are Arno Holz, Yervant Odian, Eduard von Keyserling, Maryana Marrash, Pherecrates, and Josefina Pla. After him are David Mamet, Russell Kirk, Arkady Averchenko, Francisco Umbral, Guillermo Arriaga, and Daniil Granin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Juan José Saer ranks 272. Before him are Magnar Solberg, Ivo Daneu, Birju Maharaj, Barbro Lindgren, Alfredo M. Bonanno, and Helmut Recknagel. After him are Brian G. Marsden, Vittorio Adorni, David Margulies, Zoltán Horváth, Anita Traversi, and Moacyr Scliar. Among people deceased in 2005, Juan José Saer ranks 185. Before him are Nirmal Verma, John Love, William Rehnquist, Saunders Mac Lane, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Luther Vandross. After him are Lane Smith, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Gennady Sarafanov, John Vernon, and Song Renqiong.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Juan José Saer ranks 294 out of 1,019. Before him are Edmundo Piaggio (1905), Oscar Ruggeri (1962), Abel Balbo (1966), Norberto Alonso (1953), Martín Demichelis (1980), and Manu Ginóbili (1977). After him are Javier Pastore (1989), Tita Merello (1904), Giora Feidman (1936), Ricardo Gareca (1958), Luis Sáenz Peña (1822), and Manuel Quintana (1835).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Juan José Saer ranks 18. Before him are Jorge Bucay (1949), María Kodama (1937), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Roberto Arlt (1900), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and Ricardo Piglia (1941). After him are Hector Bianciotti (1930), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), Olga Orozco (1920), César Aira (1949), Ariel Dorfman (1942), and Roberto Juarroz (1925).

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