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WRITER

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

1939 - 2003

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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939–18 October 2003) was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán has received more than 136,385 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Vázquez Montalbán is the 1,269th most popular writer (up from 1,291st in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 1,269 out of 5,755Before him are Charles Péguy, Rasul Gamzatov, Mario Benedetti, Michel Butor, Winifred Wagner, and Juliusz Słowacki. After him are Albert Barillé, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Ivan Vazov, R. L. Stine, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, and W. G. Sebald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 76Before him are Jalaluddin Haqqani, Emil Constantinescu, Pak Pong-ju, Sidney Altman, Fritjof Capra, and Bernard Kouchner. After him are Ion Țiriac, Cynthia Lennon, Ruud Lubbers, Helmut Haller, Lucia Popp, and Joaquim Chissano. Among people deceased in 2003, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 50Before him are Helmut Rahn, Valentin Pavlov, Mario Beccaria, László Papp, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and Rasul Gamzatov. After him are June Carter Cash, Annemarie Schimmel, Bob Hope, Monique Wittig, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 423 out of 2,932Before him are Sisebut (565), Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873), Ordoño I of Asturias (821), Najwa Nimri (1972), Javier Clemente (1950), and Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1403). After him are Violant of Aragon (1236), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), Yusuf I of Granada (1318), García Ramírez of Navarre (1110), Josefa de Óbidos (1630), and Petrus Gonsalvus (1537).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ranks 40Before him are Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Joan Fuster (1922), Fernando Arrabal (1932), and Rosalía de Castro (1837). After him are Joseph Karo (1488), Joanot Martorell (1415), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Don Juan Manuel (1282), Rafael Alberti (1902), and Ausiàs March (1400).