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Alessandro Tassoni

1565 - 1635

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Alessandro Tassoni (28 September 1565 – 25 April 1635) was an Italian poet and writer, from Modena, best known as the author of the mock-heroic poem La secchia rapita (The Rape of the Bucket, literally The stolen bucket). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Tassoni is the 3,406th most popular writer (up from 3,639th in 2019), the 2,947th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,053rd in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alessandro Tassoni ranks 3,406 out of 7,302. Before him are Abu Firas al-Hamdani, William of Jumièges, Nazik Al-Malaika, Isabella di Morra, Charles de Saint-Évremond, and C. S. Forester. After him are Corrado Alvaro, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Ephraim Chambers, Hiromi Kawakami, Jean-François Revel, and Johann Most.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Alessandro Tassoni ranks 15. Before him are Hendrick de Keyser, Edward Fortunatus, Francesc Ribalta, Peter Fourier, Ketevan the Martyr, and Jacob de Gheyn II. After him are Nicolò Longobardo, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Among people deceased in 1635, Alessandro Tassoni ranks 13. Before him are John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, Joos de Momper, and Fakhr al-Din II. After him are Domenico Tintoretto, Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen, Johann Faulhaber, Luke Foxe, and Thomas Ravenscroft.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Tassoni ranks 2,947 out of 5,161. Before him are Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-200), Galeazzo Alessi (1512), David Rizzio (1533), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), Romeo Benetti (1945), and Fernando Tambroni (1901). After him are Corrado Alvaro (1895), Gualtiero Bassetti (1942), Francesco Molin (1575), Amedeo Biavati (1915), Antonio Cassano (1982), and Michele Steno (1331).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Alessandro Tassoni ranks 202. Before him are Isotta Nogarola (1418), Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914), Giosafat Barbaro (1413), Mario Soldati (1906), Susanna Tamaro (1957), and Augusto Genina (1892). After him are Corrado Alvaro (1895), Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526), Giuseppe Parini (1729), Erri De Luca (1950), Carlo Rosselli (1899), and Ennio Flaiano (1910).

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