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Emilio Salgari

1862 - 1911

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Emilio Salgari (Italian pronunciation: [eˈmiːljo salˈɡaːri], but often erroneously pronounced [ˈsalɡari]; 21 August 1862 – 25 April 1911) was an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction. In Italy, his extensive body of work was more widely read than that of Dante Alighieri. In the 21st century, he is still among the 40 most translated Italian authors. Many of his most popular novels have been adapted as comics, animated series and feature films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emilio Salgari is the 739th most popular writer (down from 717th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from Italy (down from 874th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Italian Writer.

Emilio Salgari was a writer who wrote adventure novels. He is most famous for his novels The Black Corsair and Captain Blood.

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Among writers, Emilio Salgari ranks 739 out of 7,302. Before him are Geoffrey of Monmouth, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Judah Halevi, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Aristarchus of Samothrace, and Louise Hay. After him are Iris Murdoch, John le Carré, Sinclair Lewis, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Eduardo Galeano, and Edmond Rostand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Emilio Salgari ranks 18. Before him are Arthur Schnitzler, Joseph Merrick, Niko Pirosmani, Pyotr Stolypin, Victoria of Baden, and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. After him are Helene Schjerfbeck, Nikolai Yudenich, Louis Barthou, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Henri Pirenne, and J. Bruce Ismay. Among people deceased in 1911, Emilio Salgari ranks 10. Before him are Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. After him are Georg Jellinek, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Mahboob Ali Khan, Maria Pia of Savoy, and Laura Marx.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Emilio Salgari ranks 911 out of 5,161. Before him are Mario Beccaria (1920), Orazio Gentileschi (1563), Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Roberto Cavalli (1940), and François Gérard (1770). After him are Angelo Scola (1941), Rosalia Lombardo (1918), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Italo Gariboldi (1879), and Sandro Pertini (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Emilio Salgari ranks 65. Before him are Vittoria Colonna (1490), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), and Pietro Bembo (1470). After him are Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Theognis of Megara (-570), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), and Gnaeus Naevius (-275).

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