WRITER

Alberto Savinio

1891 - 1952

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Alberto Savinio [alˈbɛrto saˈvinjo], born as Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico (25 August 1891 – 5 May 1952) was a Greek-Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer and composer. He was the younger brother of 'metaphysical' painter Giorgio de Chirico. His work often dealt with philosophical and psychological themes, and he was also heavily concerned with the philosophy of art. Throughout his life, Savinio composed five operas, and authored at least forty-seven books, including multiple autobiographies and memoirs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Savinio is the 3,805th most popular writer (down from 3,437th in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 591st in 2019) and the 74th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Alberto Savinio ranks 3,805 out of 7,302. Before him are Laurens van der Post, Ari Behn, Farrukhi Sistani, Wang Bo, Luigi Capuana, and Ricardo Piglia. After him are Claude Aveline, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Bill Bryson, Émile Souvestre, Albert Aurier, and Viktor Nekrasov.

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Among people born in 1891, Alberto Savinio ranks 173. Before him are Vladimir Petlyakov, Sam Jaffe, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Edward Bernard Raczyński, Fréhel, and Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are W. Averell Harriman, Erich Marcks, Hugo Lahtinen, Yevgeny Polivanov, Miguel Pro, and David Sarnoff. Among people deceased in 1952, Alberto Savinio ranks 103. Before him are Franz John, Karel Lamač, Alberto Hurtado, Filippos Karvelas, László Berti, and Arturo Rawson. After him are Nikos Beloyannis, Solomon Lozovsky, Artur Kapp, Jonas Staugaitis, Sergey Merkurov, and John Garfield.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alberto Savinio ranks 642 out of 1,024. Before him are Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Leosthenes (-400), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Nicaea of Macedon (-400), Panagiotis Pavlidis (1900), and Anaxidamus (-650). After him are Stephanos Christopoulos (1876), Sakis Rouvas (1962), Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Stylianos Gonatas (1876), and Angelos Charisteas (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Alberto Savinio ranks 74. Before him are Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Lesches (-700), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), and Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553). After him are Antiphanes (-388), Matilde Serao (1856), Onomacritus (-530), Corinna (-501), Sotades (-400), and Ioannis Chrysafis (1873).

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