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Ricardo Güiraldes

1886 - 1927

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Ricardo Güiraldes (13 February 1886 — 8 October 1927) was an Argentine novelist and poet, one of the most significant Argentine writers of his era, particularly known for his 1926 novel Don Segundo Sombra, set amongst the gauchos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Güiraldes has received more than 47,227 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ricardo Güiraldes is the 4,836th most popular writer (down from 4,529th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 408th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ricardo Güiraldes ranks 4,836 out of 5,755Before her are Johan Falkberget, Guzal Sitdikova, Günter Kunert, Aleksei Arbuzov, László Németh, and Peter Ackroyd. After her are Władysław Broniewski, Edoardo Sanguineti, Miljenko Jergović, Marie Kondo, Dee Brown, and Isabel-Clara Simó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ricardo Güiraldes ranks 213Before her are John Eke, Robert Julius Trumpler, Lars Hanson, Charles Williams, Robert L. Eichelberger, and Mark Aldanov. After her are Urho Castrén, Haakon Sörvik, John M. Stahl, Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Henry Lehrman, and Francis Biddle. Among people deceased in 1927, Ricardo Güiraldes ranks 110Before her are Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Virgilio Mantegazza, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and Marcus Loew. After her are Leonard Nelson, J. B. Bury, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Klaus Berntsen, and Reginald Dyer.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ricardo Güiraldes ranks 405 out of 1,019Before her are Pedro Dellacha (1926), Delfo Cabrera (1919), Andrés D'Alessandro (1981), José Mármol (1817), Ludovico Bidoglio (1900), and Rubén Pagnanini (1949). After her are Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), Arcadio López (1910), Eliseo Mouriño (1927), Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919), Miguel Oviedo (1950), and Alfredo Porzio (1900).

Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Ricardo Güiraldes ranks 27Before her are Olga Orozco (1920), César Aira (1949), Ariel Dorfman (1942), Roberto Juarroz (1925), Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934), and José Mármol (1817). After her are Oliverio Girondo (1891), Delfina Bunge (1881), Guillermo Martínez (1962), Federico Andahazi (1963), Carlos Salem (1959), and Samanta Schweblin (1978).