WRITER

Oliverio Girondo

1891 - 1967

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Oliverio Girondo (August 17, 1891 – January 24, 1967) was an Argentine poet. He was born in Buenos Aires to a relatively wealthy family, enabling him from a young age to travel to Europe, where he studied in both Paris and England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliverio Girondo has received more than 52,869 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliverio Girondo is the 5,629th most popular writer (down from 4,939th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Argentina (down from 429th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Notable Works

Obras completas
1968
Persuasión de los días
1942
En la masvida
1972
Oliverio Girondo
1964
Veinte poemas para ser leídos en el tranvía. Calcomanías. Espantapájaros
1966
En la masmédula
Poesia hispano-americana
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oliverio Girondo ranks 5,629 out of 7,302. Before him are John Gardner, Richard D. Ryder, Federico De Roberto, Elvira Lindo, Henry van Dyke Jr., and Pascal Lainé. After him are Christoph Hein, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Anna Louisa Karsch, André Dhôtel, Wolfgang Hohlbein, and Stephen Spender.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Oliverio Girondo ranks 246. Before him are Eva Kotchever, Francis Pegahmagabow, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Boris Lavrenyov, Hendrik Adamson, and Birbal Sahni. After him are Mamie Smith, Erik Lindahl, Jean Jacoby, Bernhard Zondek, Béla von Kehrling, and John A. Costello. Among people deceased in 1967, Oliverio Girondo ranks 238. Before him are J. B. Lenoir, Max Taut, Henry J. Kaiser, Henri Guérin, Billy Strayhorn, and Maximos IV Sayegh. After him are Herman Teirlinck, Pinto Colvig, Jean Alexandre Barré, Joe Orton, Joseph Perotaux, and Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Oliverio Girondo ranks 533 out of 1,154. Before him are Roberto Mouzo (1953), Alberto Crespo (1920), Enrique Wolff (1949), Néstor Gorosito (1964), Miguel Ángel Guerra (1953), and Carlos Squeo (1948). After him are Gustavo Dezotti (1964), Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818), Marcelo Trobbiani (1955), Amado Azar (1913), Ángel Correa (1995), and Horacio Accavallo (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Oliverio Girondo ranks 28. Before him are Ariel Dorfman (1942), Olga Orozco (1920), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886), and Angélica Gorodischer (1928). After him are Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818), Luisa Valenzuela (1938), Manuel Rojas (1896), Delfina Bunge (1881), Guillermo Martínez (1962), and Carlos Salem (1959).

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