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Luisa Valenzuela

1938 - Today

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Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born 26 November 1938) is an Argentine post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She may be best-known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as Como en la guerra (1977), Cambio de armas (1982) and Cola de lagartija (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Luisa Valenzuela is the 5,972nd most popular writer, the 598th most popular biography from Argentina and the 30th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among writers, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 5,972 out of 7,302. Before her are Lucía Etxebarría, Monika Fagerholm, Rói Patursson, Winston Churchill, Walter Lord, and Teréz Karacs. After her are Kay Redfield Jamison, Simo Puupponen, Farley Mowat, Michael Parenti, Albert Sánchez Piñol, and Tom Brokaw.

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Among people born in 1938, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 514. Before her are David Owen, Angelo Damiano, Miguel Jones, Paul Bartel, Jeanne Ashworth, and Hayes Jones. After her are Vija Celmins, Lester Bird, Michael Ritchie, Boris Mayorov, Saul Malatrasi, and Richard Goldstone.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 598 out of 1,154. Before her are Mauro Zárate (1987), José Basualdo (1963), Enzo Fernández (2001), Leo Franco (1977), Gastón Gaudio (1978), and Noemí Simonetto de Portela (1926). After her are Lucas Ocampos (1994), Nelson López (1941), Enrique Chazarreta (1947), Vicente Cantatore (1935), Raúl Anganuzzi (1906), and Eladio Herrera (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Luisa Valenzuela ranks 30. Before her are Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886), Angélica Gorodischer (1928), Oliverio Girondo (1891), and Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818). After her are Manuel Rojas (1896), Delfina Bunge (1881), Guillermo Martínez (1962), Carlos Salem (1959), Federico Andahazi (1963), and Samanta Schweblin (1978).

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