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Elio Vittorini

1908 - 1966

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Elio Vittorini (Italian: [ˈɛːljo vittoˈriːni] ; 23 July 1908 – 12 February 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work, in English speaking countries, is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941. The first U.S. edition of the novel, published in 1949, included an introduction from Ernest Hemingway, whose style influenced Vittorini and that novel in particular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elio Vittorini is the 2,813th most popular writer (down from 2,643rd in 2019), the 2,593rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,491st in 2019) and the 171st most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elio Vittorini ranks 2,813 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary Mapes Dodge, Doria Shafik, Vilhelm Moberg, Mastoureh Ardalan, Dritëro Agolli, and Bernardo Atxaga. After him are Koriun, Ibn Warraq, Frank McCourt, Nodira, Colleen Hoover, and Pentti Linkola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Elio Vittorini ranks 153. Before him are Bruno Lüdke, Carl Laemmle Jr., Son Ngoc Thanh, Jack Crawford, Fritz Fischer, and Doria Shafik. After him are Sam Giancana, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, John Tuzo Wilson, Nicholas Kaldor, and Richard Wright. Among people deceased in 1966, Elio Vittorini ranks 102. Before him are Albrecht Brandi, Petar Radaković, Vilis Lācis, Philipp Frank, Charles Whitman, and Victor Kravchenko. After him are Sutan Sjahrir, George Ohsawa, Gaspar Cassadó, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Fritz Bleyl, and Guillermo Gorostiza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elio Vittorini ranks 2,593 out of 5,161. Before him are Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (-206), John Leonardi (1541), Letizia Battaglia (1935), Moretto da Brescia (1498), Franchinus Gaffurius (1451), and Simone Peterzano (1540). After him are Andrea Guarneri (1626), Lamberto Maggiorani (1909), Juliana Falconieri (1270), Guidobaldo del Monte (1545), Mastino II della Scala (1308), and Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Elio Vittorini ranks 171. Before him are Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Giovanni de' Bardi (1534), Ottavio Rinuccini (1562), Giulio Angioni (1939), Bernardo Dovizi (1470), and Ada Negri (1870). After him are Tullia d'Aragona (1510), Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), Massimo Bontempelli (1878), Apostolo Zeno (1668), Gasparo Contarini (1483), and Moderata Fonte (1555).

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