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Giovanni Battista Guarini

1538 - 1612

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Giovanni Battista Guarini (10 December 1538 – 7 October 1612) was an Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat. Courtier at Ferrara, diplomat and secretary to several ruling families, he served also at Florence and Urbino. He is best known as the author of the pastoral tragicomedy Il pastor fido. Written in emulation of Tasso's Aminta, it was extremely successful and remained one of the most popular work of secular literature in Western Europe for almost two hundred years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Guarini is the 1,874th most popular writer (down from 1,720th in 2019), the 1,939th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,806th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Giovanni Battista Guarini ranks 1,874 out of 7,302. Before him are Prosper of Aquitaine, John Christopher, Richard Ford, Yasmina Reza, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, and Miguel Hernández. After him are Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Masaoka Shiki, Zinaida Gippius, Siri Hustvedt, Hugh Lofting, and Tonino Guerra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1538, Giovanni Battista Guarini ranks 9. Before him are Caesar Baronius, Maeda Toshiie, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Diane de France, and Matija Gubec. After him are Hōjō Ujimasa, Louis of Nassau, Ashikaga Yoshihide, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and Matthias de l'Obel. Among people deceased in 1612, Giovanni Battista Guarini ranks 15. Before him are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, John Smyth, and Jodocus Hondius. After him are Ernest of Bavaria, Piotr Skarga, False Dmitry III, Leonardo Donato, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Nicholas Rémy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Guarini ranks 1,939 out of 5,161. Before him are Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary (1261), Anna Sforza (1476), Mario Balotelli (1990), Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1539), Hippo (-500), and Sebastiano Baggio (1913). After him are Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais (1757), Tonino Guerra (1920), Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (-180), Marcus Antonius Antyllus (-46), Matteo Messina Denaro (1962), and Lancelotto Malocello (1270).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Guarini ranks 127. Before him are Moschus (-200), Thomas of Celano (1185), Gaius Julius Solinus (400), Giovannino Guareschi (1908), Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377), and Paulinus II of Aquileia (740). After him are Tonino Guerra (1920), Luigi Illica (1857), Archestratus (-350), Laura Mancinelli (1933), Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446), and Philemon (-362).

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