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Christine de Pizan

1365 - 1430

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Christine de Pizan or Pisan (French: [kʁistin də pizɑ̃] , Middle French: [krisˈtinə də piˈzã]; born Cristina da Pizzano; September 1364 – c. 1430), was an Italian-born French court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French royal dukes, in both prose and poetry. Christine de Pizan served as a court writer in medieval France after the death of her husband. Christine's patrons included dukes Louis I of Orleans, Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and his son John the Fearless. Considered to be some of the earliest feminist writings, her work includes novels, poetry, and biography, and she also penned literary, historical, philosophical, political, and religious reviews and analyses. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christine de Pizan is the 336th most popular writer (up from 361st in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Italy (down from 480th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Writer.

Christine de Pizan was a late medieval French writer and poet who is most famous for her work The Book of the City of Ladies.

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Among writers, Christine de Pizan ranks 336 out of 7,302. Before her are Callimachus, Jaggi Vasudev, Apollonius of Rhodes, Philip K. Dick, Michael Ende, and Saadi Shirazi. After her are Mario Puzo, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Ève Curie, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Maurice Leblanc, and Arion.

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Among people born in 1365, Christine de Pizan ranks 1. After her are U of Goryeo, Sigismund Kęstutaitis, William II, Duke of Bavaria, Violant of Bar, Niccolò de' Niccoli, and Gregory Tsamblak. Among people deceased in 1430, Christine de Pizan ranks 2. Before her is Vytautas. After her are Philippa of England, Al-Musta'in, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Alain Chartier, and Hafiz-i Abru.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Christine de Pizan ranks 497 out of 5,161. Before her are Maurizio Gucci (1948), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Ancus Marcius (-675), Pope Nicholas I (800), Annibale Carracci (1560), and Pope Anterus (180). After her are Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Pope Stephen VII (850), Charles I of Hungary (1288), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), and Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Christine de Pizan ranks 27. Before her are Primo Levi (1919), Sallust (-86), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Luigi Pirandello (1867), and Alberto Moravia (1907). After her are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Elena Ferrante (1943).

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