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Paco Ignacio Taibo II

1949 - Today

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Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo; on January 11, 1949), also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paco Ignacio Taibo II has received more than 147,198 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Paco Ignacio Taibo II is the 4,683rd most popular writer (up from 4,709th in 2019), the 1,441st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,409th in 2019) and the 164th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 55.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 4,683 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov, August Jakobson, Tobias Wolff, Samo Chalupka, Gillian Rubinstein, and Jean Vautrin. After him are Sultan Bahu, Shudraka, Yoko Tawada, Louis Bromfield, Sakutarō Hagiwara, and François Tristan l'Hermite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 404. Before him are Rubén Pagnanini, Kurt Beck, Alexander Maltsev, Mart Helme, Olivier Roy, and Peter Ackroyd. After him are Hugo Sotil, Anthony Denison, Jonathan Carroll, Carlos Babington, Anatoliy Konkov, and Ismail Petra of Kelantan.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 1,441 out of 3,355. Before him are Gómez Pereira (1500), Esperanza Aguirre (1952), Joseíto (1926), Pedro Solbes (1942), Jaime Lazcano (1909), and Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512). After him are Paco Peña (1942), Juan Carlos Valerón (1975), Vicente Miera (1940), Gabriel Alonso (1923), Julián Marías (1914), and José María Gil-Robles (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Paco Ignacio Taibo II ranks 164. Before him are Jesús Moncada (1941), Terenci Moix (1942), Quim Monzó (1952), Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), María de Zayas (1590), and Javier Cercas (1962). After him are Juan José Millás (1946), Eduardo Pondal (1835), Rosa Sensat (1873), Juan de la Cueva (1543), Yann Martel (1963), and Corín Tellado (1927).

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