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Giambattista Marino

1569 - 1625

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Giambattista Marino (also Giovan Battista Marini) (14 October 1569 – 26 March 1625) was a Neapolitan poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his epic L'Adone. The Cambridge History of Italian Literature thought him to be "one of the greatest Italian poets of all time". He is considered the founder of the school of Marinism, later known as Secentismo (17th century) or Marinismo (19th century), characterised by its use of extravagant and excessive conceits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giambattista Marino is the 1,033rd most popular writer (up from 1,049th in 2019), the 1,190th most popular biography from Italy and the 85th most popular Italian Writer.

Giambattista Marino was a poet and novelist from Naples, Italy. He is most famous for his epic poem "Adone" which tells the story of Adonis, a beautiful young man who falls in love with Venus.

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Among writers, Giambattista Marino ranks 1,033 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexandra David-Néel, Edith Södergran, Paulinus of Nola, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Robert van Gulik, and Raymond Radiguet. After him are August Kubizek, Lafcadio Hearn, Thomas Malory, August von Kotzebue, John Malalas, and Božena Němcová.

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Among people born in 1569, Giambattista Marino ranks 3. Before him are Jahangir, and Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases. After him are Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Yodo-dono, Frans Pourbus the Younger, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Friedrich Kettler, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and Heo Gyun. Among people deceased in 1625, Giambattista Marino ranks 10. Before him are Jan Brueghel the Elder, Johann Bayer, Simon Marius, Willem Schouten, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Duchess Anna of Prussia, Honoré d'Urfé, Mōri Terumoto, Orlando Gibbons, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and John Fletcher.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giambattista Marino ranks 1,190 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Morosini (1619), Giuliano Amato (1938), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Carlo Carrà (1881), Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500), and Agostino Casaroli (1914). After him are Dosso Dossi (1480), Raf Vallone (1916), Michele Ferrero (1925), Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), and Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giambattista Marino ranks 85. Before him are Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Marie Mancini (1639), Italo Svevo (1861), Lucius Accius (-170), Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76), and Venantius Fortunatus (530). After him are Persius (34), Tavo Burat (1932), Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), and Chiara Lubich (1920).

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