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Mario Benedetti

Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)

  • Fame56.4
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia20.3K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1920–2009, aged 89
WritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    41 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1920–2009
    Aged 89
  • Known for
    The Dark Side of the H…
    1992
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

Mario Benedetti Farrugia, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century.

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56.4
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Momentum0.5
Historical24.3
Now attention24.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
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