WRITER

Roberto Arlt

1900 - 1942

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Roberto Arlt (April 2, 1900 – July 26, 1942) was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, journalist and inventor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Arlt has received more than 121,060 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Arlt is the 3,294th most popular writer (down from 3,245th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 214th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Argentinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Los lanzallamas
1931
El juguete rabioso
1926
El criador de gorilas
1964
El amor brujo
1968
Los Siete Locos
1958
El jorobadito
1958

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roberto Arlt ranks 3,294 out of 7,302. Before him are Malak Hifni Nasif, Bernard Maris, Idries Shah, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Ashapurna Devi, and Konstantin Mihailović. After him are Émile Faguet, Victor Segalen, Lucius Varius Rufus, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Charles Pinot Duclos, and Mikhail Kuzmin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Roberto Arlt ranks 156. Before him are Carola Neher, Alexander Mosolov, Halina Konopacka, Aleksandr Ptushko, Catherine Hessling, and Serge Poliakoff. After him are Jean Duvieusart, Boris Yefimov, Jiří Wolker, Semyon Lavochkin, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, and Bing Xin. Among people deceased in 1942, Roberto Arlt ranks 128. Before him are Guglielmo Ferrero, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Sébastien Faure, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, George Andrew Reisner, and Albert Kahn. After him are Kaarel Eenpalu, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Roberto María Ortiz, Otto Herschmann, Vladimir Petlyakov, and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Roberto Arlt ranks 240 out of 1,154. Before him are Santiago Solari (1976), Germán Burgos (1969), Carmelo Simeone (1934), Arturo Rawson (1885), José María Guido (1910), and Ricardo Bochini (1954). After him are Antonio Caggiano (1889), Aníbal Troilo (1914), Martín Palermo (1973), Roberto María Ortiz (1886), Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920), and Rodolfo Orlandini (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Roberto Arlt ranks 16. Before him are Esther Vilar (1935), María Elena Walsh (1930), María Kodama (1937), Jorge Bucay (1949), Juan Gelman (1930), and Ricardo Piglia (1941). After him are Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Juan José Saer (1937), César Aira (1949), Hector Bianciotti (1930), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and Ariel Dorfman (1942).

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