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Alessandro Manzoni

1785 - 1873

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Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (UK: , US: , Italian: [alesˈsandro manˈdzoːni]; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel The Betrothed (orig. Italian: I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel is also a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento, both for its patriotic message and because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Manzoni is the 468th most popular writer (up from 492nd in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from Italy (down from 613th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Writer.

Alessandro Manzoni is most famous for his novel The Betrothed, which was published in 1827.

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Among writers, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 468 out of 7,302. Before him are Statius, Thomas Bernhard, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Harper Lee, Mahmoud Darwish, and Eugene O'Neill. After him are Charles, Duke of Orléans, Erich von Däniken, Tulsidas, Mo Yan, Françoise Sagan, and Lactantius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 6. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Mahmud II, Jacob Grimm, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Thomas De Quincey. After him are Karl Drais, Lin Zexu, William Jackson Hooker, Claude-Louis Navier, Bettina von Arnim, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1873, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 6. Before him are Napoleon III, John Stuart Mill, David Livingstone, Justus von Liebig, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton. After him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, John of Saxony, Edwin Landseer, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 634 out of 5,161. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671), Pope Eusebius (250), Philip of Swabia (1177), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685). After him are Pope Vigilius (500), Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810), Pupienus (170), Pescennius Niger (135), Monica Vitti (1931), and Julius Evola (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 42. Before him are Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), and Statius (40). After him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Tibullus (-50), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), and Aulus Gellius (123).

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