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Francesco de Sanctis

1817 - 1883

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Francesco de Sanctis (28 March 1817 – 29 December 1883) was an Italian literary critic, scholar and politician, leading critic and historian of Italian language and literature during the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco de Sanctis is the 3,878th most popular writer (down from 3,344th in 2019), the 3,173rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,902nd in 2019) and the 218th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 3,878 out of 7,302Before him are Paavo Haavikko, José Cadalso, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Antiphanes, and Kočo Racin. After him are Robert de Clari, He Zhizhang, Blaga Dimitrova, Frédéric Dard, Jacob of Edessa, and Detlev von Liliencron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 61Before him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Charles Dancla, Georgi Pulevski, and Édouard Deldevez. After him are Ernest Hébert, Adolphe Yvon, Richard Dadd, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, and Konstantin Aksakov. Among people deceased in 1883, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 56Before him are Auguste Clésinger, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Butrus al-Bustani, Alexander H. Stephens, Dục Đức, and Hiệp Hòa. After him are Joachim Barrande, Mahmud Nedim Pasha, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Samo Chalupka, Yevfimiy Putyatin, and Sven Nilsson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 3,174 out of 5,161Before him are Nilde Iotti (1920), Carlo Ubbiali (1929), Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (1854), Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus (-300), Ercole Dembowski (1812), and Giuseppe Delfino (1921). After him are Antonio Rinaldi (1709), Renato Corti (1936), Giuseppe Rotunno (1923), Mango (1954), Gianfranco Parolini (1930), and Umberto Maglioli (1928).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 218Before him are Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791), Arator (500), Teresa de Lauretis (1938), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714), and Luigi Capuana (1839). After him are Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), Girolamo de Rada (1814), Leonidas of Tarentum (-320), Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Ugo Betti (1892), and Luciano De Crescenzo (1928).