WRITER

Quim Monzó

1952 - Today

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Joaquim Monzó i Gómez (born 15 March 1952), also known as Quim Monzó (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkim munˈso]), is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for the Barcelona newspaper Tele/eXpres. He was one of the members of the Catalan literary collective, Ofèlia Dracs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quim Monzó has received more than 50,163 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Quim Monzó is the 4,527th most popular writer (down from 4,097th in 2019), the 1,393rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,242nd in 2019) and the 160th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Quim Monzó ranks 4,527 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Gulia, Amy Lowell, Paul Du Chaillu, E. E. Smith, Elisabetta Dami, and Leopold Andrian. After him are Timothy Zahn, Wen Yiduo, Norman Spinrad, Alan Bennett, Gyula Illyés, and Jens Bjørneboe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Quim Monzó ranks 333. Before him are Monique van de Ven, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Sefer Halilović, Siegfried Stohr, Martin Parr, and Charlie Whiting. After him are Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Sushma Swaraj, Vladimir Gusinsky, Édouard Fritch, Tony Kaye, and Rodolfo Neri Vela.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Quim Monzó ranks 1,393 out of 3,355. Before him are Jesús Moncada (1941), Michael López-Alegría (1958), Terenci Moix (1942), Pedro Antonio de Cevallos (1715), Achraf Hakimi (1998), and Martí Ventolrà (1906). After him are Diego Abad de Santillán (1897), Aquilino Bocos Merino (1938), Joaquín Caparrós (1955), Baltasar Albéniz (1905), Michu (1986), and Jennifer Hermoso (1990).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Quim Monzó ranks 160. Before him are Vicente Espinel (1550), Manuel Machado (1874), Gerardo Diego (1896), Félix María de Samaniego (1745), Jesús Moncada (1941), and Terenci Moix (1942). After him are Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), María de Zayas (1590), Javier Cercas (1962), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (1949), Juan José Millás (1946), and Eduardo Pondal (1835).

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