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Giosuè Carducci

1835 - 1907

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Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, he became the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giosuè Carducci is the 397th most popular writer (up from 652nd in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from Italy (up from 787th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Writer.

Giosuè Carducci is most famous for his epic poem "Inno ai Dèi dell'Iliade" (Hymn to the Gods of the Iliad). He is also known for his translations of Homer's works.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giosuè Carducci ranks 397 out of 7,302. Before him are Sylvia Plath, Paul Éluard, Octavio Paz, Enheduanna, Joseph Roth, and Christopher Marlowe. After him are Harry Martinson, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Frank Herbert, William Wordsworth, Verner von Heidenstam, and Ghalib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Giosuè Carducci ranks 10. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns, Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Josef Stefan, and Giovanni Schiaparelli. After him are Andrew Carnegie, Demetrius Vikelas, Samuel Butler, Henryk Wieniawski, César Cui, and Eduard Strauss. Among people deceased in 1907, Giosuè Carducci ranks 8. Before him are Edvard Grieg, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Klara Hitler, Sully Prudhomme, Oscar II of Sweden, and Henri Moissan. After him are Asaph Hall, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Hector Malot, Alfred Jarry, Kato Svanidze, and Marcellin Berthelot.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giosuè Carducci ranks 560 out of 5,161. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pope Agapetus I (490), Lavinia Fontana (1552), Elena Ferrante (1943), and Antonello da Messina (1430). After him are Carlo Ponti (1912), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Ornella Muti (1955), Alberto Ascari (1918), Petronius Maximus (396), and Marcello Lippi (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giosuè Carducci ranks 34. Before him are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Elena Ferrante (1943). After him are Livius Andronicus (-280), Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), and Baldassare Castiglione (1478).

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