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Aníbal Cristobo

Argentine writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ4778500 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aníbal Cristobo (1 September 1971 – 17 March 2026) was an Argentine writer. He published poems and poetry books, as well as collaborations as editor.

Life and career

Cristobo lived six years in Rio de Janeiro, where he published his first works. He moved to Barcelona in 2002. Cristobo then published Castilian and Portuguese language books of poetry, and worked in other media. He received awards for literature in Spain. In 2009, Cristobo began to publish poems and drawings online.

Cristobo died in Barcelona on 17 March 2026, at the age of 54.

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The public source identifies “Aníbal Cristobo” as argentine writer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aníbal, Cristobo and Argentine.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 2026, 2002, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-09-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Aníbal, Cristobo and Argentine providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4778500. VIAF identifies the subject as 68628898. The Library of Congress control number is no2003108781. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971, 2026, 2002 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aníbal Cristobo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.