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All-time leader65.0Pope Francis
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Mario Vargas Llosa

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2nd54.8 · mom 3

Pope Francis

Writers

1st65.0 · mom 22

Bobby Fischer

Writers

3rd48.9
Pope Francis leads this board.

All-time score 65.0, ahead of Mario Vargas Llosa by 10.2.

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  1. 4thJoseph BrodskyWriters46.7
  2. 5thFrançoise SaganWriters45.5
  3. 6thAlice WalkerWriters44.8
  4. 7thMargaret AtwoodWriters44.7
  5. 8thPeter HandkeWriters44.3
  6. 9thSeamus HeaneyWriters44.0
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10th, stableJ. M. G. Le ClézioWriters · b. 1940FranceFranceWriters43.0mom 111th, fallingAmos OzWriters · 1939-2018IsraelIsraelWriters41.7mom 112th, risingMahmoud DarwishWriters · 1941-2008Writers41.4mom 713th, fallingMichael CrichtonWriters · 1942-2008United StatesUnited StatesWriters41.0mom 014th, risingGao XingjianWriters · b. 1940ChinaChinaWriters40.7mom 515th, risingJ. M. CoetzeeWriters · b. 1940South AfricaSouth AfricaWriters40.5mom 1116th, risingEduardo GaleanoWriters · 1940-2015Writers40.5mom 1517th, risingIsabel AllendeWriters · b. 1942United StatesUnited StatesWriters40.2mom 1218th, risingKen KeseyWriters · 1935-2001United StatesUnited StatesWriters40.1mom 519th, stableRoger EbertWriters · 1942-2013United StatesUnited StatesWriters39.4mom 020th, fallingTom StoppardWriters · 1937-2025United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters39.3mom 021st, fallingGermaine GreerWriters · b. 1939AustraliaAustraliaWriters39.2mom 14

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American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality (1939-2010)

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