WRITER

Manuel Puig

1932 - 1990

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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Puig has received more than 260,706 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Manuel Puig is the 1,794th most popular writer (down from 1,692nd in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 90th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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  • 260k

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  • 57.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Manuel Puig ranks 1,794 out of 7,302Before him are Robert Silverberg, Gabriel Naudé, Djuna Barnes, Joseph D. Pistone, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, and Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Betty Friedan, Frans Sammut, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Desanka Maksimović, Cangrande I della Scala, and Lilya Brik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Manuel Puig ranks 125Before him are Geraldine McEwan, Momoko Kōchi, Anna Moffo, Tavo Burat, Halston, and Tomohiko Ikoma. After him are Branko Lustig, Paul Virilio, Guillermo Mordillo, Harry Gregg, Zózimo, and Hubert Reeves. Among people deceased in 1990, Manuel Puig ranks 73Before him are Samuel Doe, Dexter Gordon, Edmund Conen, Curtis LeMay, Halston, and Hussein Onn. After him are Georgy Flyorov, Nina Kulagina, Sergei Dovlatov, Joan Bennett, Taro Kagawa, and Attilio Demaría.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Manuel Puig ranks 106 out of 1,154Before him are Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Diego Milito (1979), Héctor Rial (1928), Julio Argentino Roca (1843), and Javier Mascherano (1984). After him are José Manuel Moreno (1916), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alejandro Sabella (1954), Alberto Manguel (1948), Guillermo Mordillo (1932), and Mario Bunge (1919).

Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Manuel Puig ranks 5Before him are Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Ernesto Sabato (1911), Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914), and Silvina Ocampo (1903). After him are Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Victoria Ocampo (1890), Joseph Kessel (1898), Esther Vilar (1935), María Elena Walsh (1930), and María Kodama (1937).