WRITER

Zoé Valdés

1959 - Today

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Zoé Valdés (born May 2, 1959 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at UNESCO in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoé Valdés has received more than 75,383 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Zoé Valdés is the 5,938th most popular writer (down from 5,120th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 120th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Cuban Writer.

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  • 75k

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  • 51.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zoé Valdés ranks 5,938 out of 7,302. Before her are Alvah Bessie, René Boylesve, Jorge Enrique Adoum, William Inge, Mina Loy, and Ian Buruma. After her are Wilma Mankiller, Philippe Delerm, Christian Kracht, Göran Sonnevi, Sita Ram Goel, and Benny Andersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Zoé Valdés ranks 388. Before her are Chris Hadfield, Ryuta Kawashima, Mats Näslund, Andrzej Buncol, Glenn Morshower, and Fredric Lehne. After her are Nikos Dendias, Juan Barbas, Toshihiko Okimune, Rob Gonsalves, Kenneth Brylle, and Elizabeth Peña.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Zoé Valdés ranks 139 out of 300. Before her are Cachao (1918), Jorge Romo (1923), Armando Peraza (1924), Carlos Manuel Piedra (1895), Daína Chaviano (1957), and Manuel Chorens (1916). After her are Oscar Nunez (1958), Regla Torres (1975), Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), Guillermo Fariñas (1962), José Magriñá (1917), and Alejandro Casañas (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, Zoé Valdés ranks 17. Before her are José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), Alina Fernández (1956), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), Virgilio Piñera (1912), José Carlos Somoza (1959), and Daína Chaviano (1957). After her are Raúl Rivero (1945).

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