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Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Spanish writer (1964-2020)

  • Fame57.8
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia39K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1964–2020, aged 56Spain
SpainSpainWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    49 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1964–2020
    Aged 56
  • Known for
    Bestseller Barcelona: …
    2022
Summary
Updated 2026-09-08

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento. The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in the list of the one hundred best books in Spanish in the last twenty-five years, made in 2007 by eighty-one Latin American and Spanish writers and critics.

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Stable
57.8
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
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Momentum0.5
Historical24.8
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
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