WRITER

Marin Držić

1508 - 1567

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Marin Držić (Croatian pronunciation: [mâriːn dř̩ːʒitɕ]; also Marino Darza or Marino Darsa; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. He is considered to be one of the finest Renaissance playwrights and prose writers of Croatian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marin Držić is the 1,965th most popular writer (down from 1,719th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 84th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marin Držić ranks 1,965 out of 7,302. Before him are Fred Vargas, Thomas Kyd, Theophylact of Ohrid, Basil Valentine, James Herriot, and Agnes Smedley. After him are Clark Ashton Smith, Nicholas Sparks, Methodius of Olympus, Alejandra Pizarnik, Avitus of Vienne, and William Moulton Marston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Marin Držić ranks 11. Before him are Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Pieter Aertsen, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Primož Trubar, Gemma Frisius, and Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly. After him is Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1567, Marin Držić ranks 7. Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Jiajing Emperor, Myeongjong of Joseon, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Anne de Montmorency, and Michael Stifel. After him are Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Girolamo Priuli, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Gómez Pereira, Estácio de Sá, and Ligier Richier.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Marin Držić ranks 100 out of 700. Before him are Mate Parlov (1948), Oliver Dragojević (1947), Herman Potočnik (1892), Momčilo Đujić (1907), Goran Hadžić (1958), and Paul Neményi (1895). After him are Andrej Plenković (1970), Nikola Jurišić (1490), Mika Špiljak (1916), Antun Vrančić (1504), Janko Bobetko (1919), and Herman of Carinthia (1100).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Marin Držić ranks 11. Before him are Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Petar Zrinski (1621), and Slavenka Drakulić (1949). After him are Antun Vrančić (1504), Tin Ujević (1891), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Petar Preradović (1818), Branko Radičević (1824), and Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873).

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