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Italo Svevo

1861 - 1928

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Aron Hector Schmitz (19 December 1861 – 13 September 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo (Italian: [ˈiːtalo ˈzvɛːvo]), was an Italian and Austro-Hungarian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. A close friend of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, Svevo was considered a pioneer of the psychological novel in Italy and is best known for his modernist novel La coscienza di Zeno (1923), which became a widely appreciated classic of Italian literature. He was also the cousin of the Italian academic Steno Tedeschi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Italo Svevo is the 913th most popular writer (down from 825th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 972nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular Italian Writer.

Italo Svevo is most famous for his novel "Confessions of Zeno."

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Among writers, Italo Svevo ranks 913 out of 7,302. Before him are Władysław Tarnowski, Leconte de Lisle, Samuel Richardson, Adunis, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, and H. Rider Haggard. After him are Mercè Rodoreda, MacKenzie Scott, Ida Tarbell, Etty Hillesum, Christopher Tolkien, and Joseph Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Italo Svevo ranks 26. Before him are Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, H. H. Holmes, James Naismith, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Antoine Bourdelle, and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby. After him are Maximilian von Spee, Nettie Stevens, William Bateson, Anton Arensky, István Tisza, and Solomon R. Guggenheim. Among people deceased in 1928, Italo Svevo ranks 18. Before him are Franz Stuck, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Pyotr Wrangel, Alexander Bogdanov, Luigi Cadorna, and Stjepan Radić. After him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Zhang Zuolin, Álvaro Obregón, H. H. Asquith, Reinhard Scheer, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Italo Svevo ranks 1,093 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Saint Cajetan (1480), Massimo Moratti (1945), Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), and Scipione del Ferro (1465). After him are Luigi Einaudi (1874), Bernardino Luini (1475), Marcomer (400), Vito Volterra (1860), Gaspare Spontini (1774), and Bettino Craxi (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Italo Svevo ranks 81. Before him are Stesichorus (-630), Ibycus (-600), Andrea Camilleri (1925), Gaius Lucilius (-180), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), and Marie Mancini (1639). After him are Lucius Accius (-170), Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76), Venantius Fortunatus (530), Giambattista Marino (1569), Persius (34), and Tavo Burat (1932).

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