WRITER

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 588,588 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Juan Rulfo is the 1,193rd most popular writer (up from 1,286th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 55th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Writer.

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  • 590k

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  • 66.00

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan Rulfo ranks 1,193 out of 7,302. Before him are Sophia Tolstaya, Laura Marx, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Marcus Manilius, Emmanuelle Arsan, and Solomon Northup. After him are Elizabeth Gaskell, Radegund, Subramania Bharati, Max Nordau, Pierre de Marivaux, and Aristophanes of Byzantium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Juan Rulfo ranks 65. Before him are Masahiko Kimura, Asmahan, Herbert Lom, David Easton, Rodney Robert Porter, and Dinu Lipatti. After him are Yigael Yadin, David McClelland, Kunitaka Sueoka, Pál Maléter, Kamal Jumblatt, and Obdulio Varela. Among people deceased in 1986, Juan Rulfo ranks 50. Before him are Nikolay Semyonov, Raimundo Orsi, Altiero Spinelli, Ray Milland, Adolfo Celi, and Vincente Minnelli. After him are Michel de Certeau, Serge Lifar, Theodor Busse, Gusztáv Sebes, Lilli Palmer, and Marcel Dassault.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juan Rulfo ranks 44 out of 729. Before him are Mario J. Molina (1943), Pedro Armendáriz (1912), María Félix (1914), Juan Diego (1474), Linda Christian (1923), and Victoriano Huerta (1850). After him are José Clemente Orozco (1883), Consuelo Velázquez (1916), Cuitláhuac (1476), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), Chespirito (1929), and Vicente Guerrero (1782).

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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 Fernando del Paso (1935), Laura Esquivel (1950), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Amado Nervo (1870), and Cesar Millan (1969).

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