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Giacomo Casanova

1725 - 1798

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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (; Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiography, written in French and published posthumously as Histoire de ma vie ("The Story of My Life"). That work has come to be regarded as a unique and provocative source of information on the customs and norms of European social life in the 18th century. Born to a family of actors, Casanova studied law at the University of Padua and received minor orders in the Catholic Church with a view towards pursuing a career as a canon lawyer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giacomo Casanova is the 76th most popular writer (down from 61st in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Italy (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Writer.

Casanova is most famous for his memoirs, which are a collection of his sexual encounters with women.

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Among writers, Giacomo Casanova ranks 76 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Mann, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Frost, Romain Rolland, Charles Perrault, and Umberto Eco. After him are Sappho, Toni Morrison, George R. R. Martin, Lord Byron, Nikolai Gogol, and D. H. Lawrence.

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Among people born in 1725, Giacomo Casanova ranks 1. After him are Abdul Hamid I, Robert Clive, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Ahilyabai Holkar, Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, Henry Benedict Stuart, Pyotr Rumyantsev, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1798, Giacomo Casanova ranks 1. After him are Luigi Galvani, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, James Wilson, Tarrare, George Read, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Heraclius II of Georgia, and Christian Gottlob Neefe.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Casanova ranks 96 out of 5,161. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Enrico Fermi (1901), Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Umberto Eco (1932), and Pope Pius V (1504). After him are Pope Paul III (1468), Pope Linus (1), Saint Valentine (226), Amedeo Modigliani (1884), Pope Pius II (1405), and Pope Innocent XI (1611).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giacomo Casanova ranks 8. Before him are Virgil (-70), Ovid (-43), Petrarch (1304), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Horace (-65), and Umberto Eco (1932). After him are Giorgio Vasari (1511), Cato the Elder (-243), Carlo Collodi (1826), Plautus (-254), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), and Catullus (-84).

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