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Edmondo De Amicis

1846 - 1908

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Edmondo De Amicis (Italian pronunciation: [edˈmondo de aˈmiːtʃis]; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is the children's novel Heart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmondo De Amicis is the 507th most popular writer (down from 403rd in 2019), the 682nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 524th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Italian Writer.

Edmondo de Amicis is most famous for his novel, "Heart of a Dog."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 507 out of 7,302. Before him are Wolfram von Eschenbach, Saul Bellow, Lesya Ukrainka, Paul Claudel, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Hector Malot. After him are Thomas Paine, Erich Kästner, Heinrich Mann, Isaac Babel, Mika Waltari, and August Wilhelm Schlegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 9. Before him are Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Peter Carl Fabergé, Wilhelm Maybach, Buffalo Bill, Comte de Lautréamont, and George Westinghouse. After him are Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Edward Charles Pickering, and Gaston Maspero. Among people deceased in 1908, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 10. Before him are Grover Cleveland, Randal Cremer, Guangxu Emperor, Pablo de Sarasate, Demetrius Vikelas, and Carlos I of Portugal. After him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Jonas Lie, Victorien Sardou, Butch Cassidy, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, and Radoje Domanović.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 682 out of 5,161. Before him are Arrigo Sacchi (1946), Bianca Maria Sforza (1472), Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807), Giovanni Giustiniani (1418), and Francis of Paola (1416). After him are Henry of Germany (1211), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), Bona Sforza (1494), Saint Rosalia (1130), and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 43. Before him are Ennius (-239), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), and Alessandro Manzoni (1785). After him are Tibullus (-50), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Aulus Gellius (123), and Poliziano (1454).

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