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Juan Rulfo

1917 - 1986

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Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo, and the collection of short stories El Llano en llamas (1953). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Rulfo has received more than 508,383 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Juan Rulfo is the 1,289th most popular writer (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Writer.

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  • 510k

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  • 58.89

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Rulfo ranks 1,289 out of 5,755. Before him are Ibn Sirin, Lycophron, Hassan ibn Thabit, Victor Serge, Roland Topor, and Shūsaku Endō. After him are Mavro Orbini, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Robin Hobb, Jan Kochanowski, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, and Nadezhda Mandelstam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Juan Rulfo ranks 70. Before him are Henry Ford II, John Cornforth, Carson McCullers, Chung Il-kwon, Herbert Lom, and Ettore Sottsass. After him are Magda Szabó, Stéphane Hessel, John B. Calhoun, Robert Bloch, Urie Bronfenbrenner, and Yevgeny Khaldei. Among people deceased in 1986, Juan Rulfo ranks 56. Before him are J. Allen Hynek, Theodor Busse, Nikolay Semyonov, Ray Milland, Gunnar Björnstrand, and Sterling Hayden. After him are Gusztáv Sebes, Raimundo Orsi, Altiero Spinelli, Marcel Dassault, Lilli Palmer, and Megumu Tamura.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juan Rulfo ranks 55 out of 585. Before him are José Clemente Orozco (1883), Luis Echeverría (1922), Mario J. Molina (1943), Ahuitzotl (1486), Miguel de la Madrid (1934), and Dolores del Río (1905). After him are José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), Nezahualcoyotl (1402), José María Morelos (1765), Julia Pastrana (1834), and María Félix (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Juan Rulfo ranks 4. Before him are Octavio Paz (1914), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), and Thomas Mayne Reid (1818). After him are Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Laura Esquivel (1950), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), Mariano Azuela (1873), Cesar Millan (1969), Amado Nervo (1870), and José Emilio Pacheco (1939).

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