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Giambattista Basile

1566 - 1632

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Giambattista Basile (15 February 1566 (date of baptism) – 23 February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known (and more obscure) European fairy tales. He is chiefly remembered for writing the collection of Neapolitan fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone. Born in Naples into a middle-class family, Basile was a soldier and courtier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giambattista Basile is the 642nd most popular writer (up from 662nd in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from Italy (down from 801st in 2019) and the 51st most popular Italian Writer.

Giambattista Basile is most famous for his collection of fairy tales titled "Lo cunto de li cunti" (The Tale of Tales).

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Among writers, Giambattista Basile ranks 642 out of 7,302. Before him are Aratus, A. J. Cronin, Allen Ginsberg, Hermann Broch, Mikael Agricola, and Hellanicus of Lesbos. After him are Tibor Sekelj, Anton Makarenko, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Laurence Sterne, Nestor the Chronicler, and Klaus Mann.

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Among people born in 1566, Giambattista Basile ranks 6. Before him are James VI and I, Mehmed III, Sigismund III Vasa, Carlo Gesualdo, and Isabella Clara Eugenia. After him are Abraham Bloemaert, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Jan Jesenius, Giovanni Baglione, and Sendivogius. Among people deceased in 1632, Giambattista Basile ranks 5. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Sigismund III Vasa, Frederick V of the Palatinate, and Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. After him are Tokugawa Hidetada, Jost Bürgi, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Susenyos I, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giambattista Basile ranks 813 out of 5,161. Before him are Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Louise of Orléans (1812), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Scholastica (480), Vittorio Gassman (1922), and Aldo Rossi (1931). After him are Dario Argento (1940), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Domenichino (1581), Louis I of Etruria (1773), Eugenio Montale (1896), and William II of Sicily (1153).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giambattista Basile ranks 51. Before him are Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Aulus Gellius (123), Poliziano (1454), and Gabriele Amorth (1925). After him are Eugenio Montale (1896), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Curzio Malaparte (1898), and Carlo Gozzi (1720).

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