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Ludovico Ariosto

1474 - 1533

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Ludovico Ariosto (UK: , US: ; Italian: [ludoˈviːko aˈrjɔsto, - ariˈɔsto]; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. The poem is transformed into a satire of the chivalric tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludovico Ariosto is the 286th most popular writer (up from 317th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Italy (up from 423rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Writer.

Ludovico Ariosto is most famous for his epic poem, Orlando Furioso.

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Among writers, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 286 out of 7,302. Before him are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Valmiki, Germaine de Staël, Isabel Allende, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Pierre Corneille. After him are Marcus Terentius Varro, Eckhart Tolle, Patrick Modiano, Claude Simon, Luigi Pirandello, and Jacob Grimm.

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Among people born in 1474, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 1. After him are Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Angela Merici, Isabella d'Este, Giulia Farnese, Juan Diego, Mariotto Albertinelli, Tuman bay II, Frederick of Saxony, Anacaona, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Perkin Warbeck. Among people deceased in 1533, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 2. Before him is Atahualpa. After him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Vasili III of Russia, Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, Huáscar, Veit Stoss, Túpac Huallpa, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., and Philip I, Margrave of Baden.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 410 out of 5,161. Before him are Mario Draghi (1947), Pope Theodore II (840), Yves Montand (1921), Pope Celestine II (1100), Pope Nicholas IV (1227), and Enrico Dandolo (1107). After him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Boniface III (540), Pope Leo VII (900), Pope Adrian III (800), and Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 23. Before him are Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), Grazia Deledda (1871), Dario Fo (1926), Primo Levi (1919), and Sallust (-86). After him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Alberto Moravia (1907), Christine de Pizan (1365), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863).

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