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WRITER

Moacyr Scliar

1937 - 2011

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Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937 – February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young German man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moacyr Scliar has received more than 74,243 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Moacyr Scliar is the 4,102nd most popular writer (up from 4,215th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 471st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Moacyr Scliar ranks 4,102 out of 5,755Before him are Einar Benediktsson, Zane Grey, Philipp Nicolai, Paul Theroux, Luis Vélez de Guevara, and Juan Montalvo. After him are Claude Aveline, Kamini Roy, Gysbert Japiks, Kekaumenos, Pyotr Tkachev, and Sara Teasdale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Moacyr Scliar ranks 278Before him are Juan José Saer, Brian G. Marsden, Vittorio Adorni, David Margulies, Zoltán Horváth, and Anita Traversi. After him are Merle Haggard, William Lombardy, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Vitaly Zholobov, George Chuvalo, and Pino Puglisi. Among people deceased in 2011, Moacyr Scliar ranks 238Before him are Robert Ballaman, Kurt Nielsen, Hans Apel, Takaji Mori, Clemar Bucci, and Mark Blaug. After him are Henry Cooper, Maurice Guigue, Karl Aage Præst, Nilla Pizzi, Juan Arza, and Jeff Conaway.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Moacyr Scliar ranks 395 out of 2,067Before him are Luiz Gustavo (1987), Leivinha (1949), Augusto Tasso Fragoso (1869), Odilo Scherer (1949), Zinho (1967), and Fernandinho (1985). After him are Amílcar Barbuy (1893), Juvenal Amarijo (1923), Charles William Miller (1874), Valdeir Vieira (1944), Marquinhos (1994), and Vinícius Júnior (2000).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Moacyr Scliar ranks 18Before him are José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), and Ana Maria Machado (1941). After him are Gonçalves Dias (1823), Nélida Piñon (1937), Manuel Bandeira (1886), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Castro Alves (1847), and Gregório de Matos (1636).