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Laura Cereta

1469 - 1499

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Laura Cereta (September 1469 – 1499) was one of the most notable humanist and feminist writers of fifteenth-century Italy. Cereta was the first to put women’s issues and her friendships with women front and center in her work. Cereta wrote in Brescia, Verona, and Venice in 1488–92, known for her writing in the form of letters to other intellectuals. Her letters contained her personal matters and childhood memories, and discussed themes such as women’s education, war, and marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Cereta is the 4,076th most popular writer (up from 5,131st in 2019), the 3,268th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,705th in 2019) and the 225th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Laura Cereta ranks 4,076 out of 7,302. Before her are Eric Frank Russell, Hovhannes Shiraz, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Nuruddin Farah, Vira Vovk, and André Schwarz-Bart. After her are Anne Hébert, Gleb Uspensky, Laura Bridgman, Yuriy Venelin, Léo Malet, and Nossis.

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Among people born in 1469, Laura Cereta ranks 11. Before her are Thomas Cajetan, Ishak Pasha, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Francesco Granacci, and Elia Levita.  Among people deceased in 1499, Laura Cereta ranks 11. Before her are Paulo da Gama, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Ambrogio Contarini, Perkin Warbeck, and Leonardo III Tocco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Laura Cereta ranks 3,269 out of 5,161. Before her are Max Valier (1895), Cesare Arzelà (1847), Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri (1944), Giacomo Bulgarelli (1940), Piero Tosi (1927), and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (-1). After her are Giulio Bizzozero (1846), Walter Veltroni (1955), Gustavo Marzi (1908), Luca Badoer (1971), Gianni Amelio (1945), and Nichi Vendola (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Laura Cereta ranks 225. Before her are Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), Girolamo de Rada (1814), Leonidas of Tarentum (-320), Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Ugo Betti (1892), and Luciano De Crescenzo (1928). After her are Nossis (null), Vasco Pratolini (1913), Julia Balbilla (72), Francesco Mario Pagano (1748), Vincenzo Cerami (1940), and Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504).

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