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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 157,989 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). María Elena Walsh is the 2,654th most popular writer (down from 2,373rd in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 144th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, María Elena Walsh ranks 2,654 out of 5,755. Before her are Heimito von Doderer, Yury Tynyanov, Ken Robinson, Marianne Fredriksson, Pseudo-Geber, and Michael Ondaatje. After her are Parvin E'tesami, Bell hooks, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Eva Mozes Kor, Morris West, and Jack Thayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, María Elena Walsh ranks 206. Before her are Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Jacques Tits, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frederick Wiseman, Juan Gelman, and Ross Perot. After her are Lawrence Eagleburger, Sa'dun Hammadi, Venantino Venantini, The Big Bopper, Eugenio Castellotti, and Ahmad Jamal. Among people deceased in 2011, María Elena Walsh ranks 130. Before her are Peter Yates, Loriot, Jesús María Pereda, Clarence Clemons, Randy Savage, and Farley Granger. After her are James Hillman, Lawrence Eagleburger, María Mercader, John Paul Getty III, Michael Dummett, and Jimmy Savile.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, María Elena Walsh ranks 157 out of 1,019. Before her are Luis Artime (1938), Mario Aurelio Poli (1947), Alejandro de Tomaso (1928), José Hernández (1834), Juan Gelman (1930), and Cecilia Roth (1956). After her are Ángel Labruna (1918), Alejandro Agustín Lanusse (1918), Pablo Aimar (1979), Jorge Bucay (1949), Sergio Goycochea (1963), and José Della Torre (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, María Elena Walsh ranks 11. Before her are Silvina Ocampo (1903), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Joseph Kessel (1898), Victoria Ocampo (1890), and Juan Gelman (1930). After her are Jorge Bucay (1949), María Kodama (1937), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Roberto Arlt (1900), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and Ricardo Piglia (1941).

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