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Álvaro Mutis

1923 - 2013

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Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (August 25, 1923 – September 22, 2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He won the 1991 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro Mutis has received more than 105,051 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Mutis is the 2,187th most popular writer (down from 2,167th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Colombia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Writer.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Álvaro Mutis ranks 2,187 out of 7,302. Before him are Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Fernando de Rojas, Mikha'il Na'ima, Roger Peyrefitte, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, and Samuel R. Delany. After him are E. L. Doctorow, Samuil Marshak, Asclepiades of Samos, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Rómulo Gallegos, and Zygmunt Krasiński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Álvaro Mutis ranks 129. Before him are Antonio Quarracino, Zlatko Čajkovski, Judith Kerr, Bert Kaempfert, Wes Montgomery, and Elisabeth Becker. After him are Carl Djerassi, Arthur Hiller, Joseph Heller, Estelle Getty, Lucía Hiriart, and Erroll Garner. Among people deceased in 2013, Álvaro Mutis ranks 131. Before him are Zao Wou-Ki, Édouard Molinaro, Jim Kelly, Emilio Pericoli, Emilio Colombo, and Marta Eggerth. After him are Van Cliburn, Bebo Valdés, Margherita Hack, Chris Kyle, Mitja Ribičič, and Shakuntala Devi.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Álvaro Mutis ranks 33 out of 356. Before him are Ernesto Samper (1950), Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Radamel Falcao (1986), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), and Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916). After him are Laura Montoya (1874), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), Samael Aun Weor (1917), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), and Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Colombia

Among writers born in Colombia, Álvaro Mutis ranks 3. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927), and Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913). After him are Samael Aun Weor (1917), Jorge Isaacs (1837), Fernando Vallejo (1942), José Eustasio Rivera (1888), Laura Restrepo (1950), and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (1973).

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