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Giovanni della Casa

1503 - 1556

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Giovanni della Casa (28 June 1503 – 14 November 1556) was an Italian poet, diplomat, clergyman and inquisitor, and writer on etiquette and society. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, Il Galateo overo de’ costumi (1558). From the time of its publication, this courtesy book has enjoyed enormous success and influence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni della Casa is the 3,185th most popular writer (up from 3,420th in 2019), the 2,811th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,942nd in 2019) and the 188th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Giovanni della Casa ranks 3,185 out of 7,302Before him are Tomas Venclova, Alfred Andersch, Robert Anderson, Marianne Fredriksson, Vicente Huidobro, and Hitoshi Igarashi. After him are Theodor Kallifatides, Bâkî, Panteleimon Kulish, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Hamnet Shakespeare, and Amos Tutuola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1503, Giovanni della Casa ranks 15Before him are Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Robert Estienne, Gerolama Orsini, Bartolomé Carranza, and Thomas Wyatt. After him are Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, and Augustin Hirschvogel. Among people deceased in 1556, Giovanni della Casa ranks 14Before him are Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Luigi Alamanni, Tullia d'Aragona, and Richard Chancellor. After him are Luca Ghini, Francesco Venier, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Konrad Pellikan, and Hemu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni della Casa ranks 2,811 out of 5,161Before him are Pietro Grimani (1677), Cesare Pugni (1802), Nicola Di Bari (1940), Appius Claudius Pulcher (-130), Christian Abbiati (1977), and Niccolò Zucchi (1586). After him are Guy, Margrave of Tuscany (900), Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi (1714), Giovanni Bembo (1543), Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1820), Francesco I Gonzaga (1366), and Cristoforo Moro (1390).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giovanni della Casa ranks 188Before him are Silvio Pellico (1789), Alda Merini (1931), Ludovico di Varthema (1470), Marco Foscarini (1696), Roberto Calasso (1941), and Aemilius Macer (null). After him are Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824), Goffredo Mameli (1827), Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937), Remmius Palaemon (100), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), and Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838).