WRITER

María Elena Walsh

1930 - 2011

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María Elena Walsh (1 February 1930 – 10 January 2011) was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of María Elena Walsh has received more than 175,078 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). María Elena Walsh is the 2,431st most popular writer (up from 2,645th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 157th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Otoño imperdonable
1970
Fantasmas en el parque
2008
Cancionero contra el mal de ojo
Evil eye, Songs and music
1976
El reino del revés
Children's poetry, Spanish
2000
Hecho a mano
1965
Poemas, Los
1984

Among WRITERS

Among writers, María Elena Walsh ranks 2,431 out of 7,302. Before her are Paul Hazard, Dominique Lapierre, Philippe de Mornay, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Ibn Kemal, and Mihail Sebastian. After her are Mary Mapes Dodge, Zhou Daguan, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Miguel Delibes, Mak Dizdar, and Dorothy L. Sayers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, María Elena Walsh ranks 183. Before her are Mildred Dresselhaus, Robert Culp, Frank McCourt, Anatoly Lukyanov, Rudolf E. Kálmán, and Thomas P. Stafford. After her are Jānis Pujats, Lazar Berman, Ahmad Jamal, Jordi Pujol, Frances Sternhagen, and Aleksandar Matanović. Among people deceased in 2011, María Elena Walsh ranks 124. Before her are Diane Cilento, Violetta Villas, John Paul Getty III, Ange-Félix Patassé, Abdul Fatah Younis, and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg. After her are Jack Kevorkian, Inese Jaunzeme, Lazar Mojsov, Josef Suk, Susannah York, and Édouard Glissant.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, María Elena Walsh ranks 159 out of 1,154. Before her are Mauro Camoranesi (1976), Carlos Peucelle (1908), Adolfo Pedernera (1918), Daniel Bertoni (1955), Ángel Labruna (1918), and Oscar Bonavena (1942). After her are José Hernández (1834), Roberto Ayala (1973), Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915), Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887), María Kodama (1937), and Agustín Pedro Justo (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, María Elena Walsh ranks 11. Before her are Manuel Puig (1932), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Victoria Ocampo (1890), Joseph Kessel (1898), and Esther Vilar (1935). After her are María Kodama (1937), Jorge Bucay (1949), Juan Gelman (1930), Ricardo Piglia (1941), Roberto Arlt (1900), and Leopoldo Lugones (1874).

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