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Ignazio Silone

1900 - 1978

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Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), best known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone (, Italian: [iɲˈɲattsjo siˈloːne]), was an Italian politician, novelist, essayist, playwright, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. Considered among the most well-known and read Italian intellectuals in Europe and in the world, his most famous novel, Fontamara, became emblematic for its denunciation of the condition of poverty, injustice, and social oppression of the lower classes, has been translated into numerous languages. From 1946 to 1963, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. For many years an anti-fascist exile abroad, Silone participated actively and in various phases of Italian politics, animating the cultural life of the country in the post-war period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignazio Silone is the 1,373rd most popular writer (down from 1,348th in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,487th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ignazio Silone ranks 1,373 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Abrahams, Honoré d'Urfé, Alexander Radishchev, Boris Pahor, Georg Kaiser, and Pío Baroja. After him are Albert Barillé, Alexander Afanasyev, Robert de Montesquiou, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, and Sławomir Mrożek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Ignazio Silone ranks 71. Before him are Katina Paxinou, Werner Haase, Mahavatar Babaji, Nathalie Sarraute, Helen Hayes, and Gilbert Ryle. After him are Jean Arthur, Filipp Golikov, Sālote Tupou III, Rudolf Diels, Ernst Krenek, and Robert Siodmak. Among people deceased in 1978, Ignazio Silone ranks 52. Before him are Musa al-Sadr, Keith Moon, Hannah Höch, Giovanni Gronchi, Mark Robson, and Misao Tamai. After him are Jean Améry, Roger Caillois, W. Eugene Smith, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Carlo Scarpa, and Hubert Humphrey.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ignazio Silone ranks 1,514 out of 5,161. Before him are Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369), Alfredo Casella (1883), Filippo Juvarra (1678), Boris Pahor (1913), Francesco Crispi (1818), and Vittorino da Feltre (1378). After him are Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Lucio Fulci (1927), Alesso Baldovinetti (1425), and Bernardino Ramazzini (1633).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ignazio Silone ranks 104. Before him are Odoric of Pordenone (1286), Quintus Fabius Pictor (-254), Clodia Pulchra (-94), Giovanni Verga (1840), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), and Boris Pahor (1913). After him are Francesco Maria Piave (1810), Claudio Magris (1939), Veronica Franco (1546), Felice Romani (1788), Pacuvius (-220), and Catherine of Bologna (1413).

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