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Natalia Ginzburg

1916 - 1991

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Natalia Ginzburg (Italian: [nataˈliːa ˈɡintsburɡ], German: [ˈɡɪntsbʊʁk]; née Levi; 14 July 1916 – 7 October 1991) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and the United States. An activist, for a time in the 1930s she belonged to the Italian Communist Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Natalia Ginzburg is the 754th most popular writer (up from 762nd in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Italy (down from 929th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Writer.

Natalia Ginzburg is most famous for her autobiographical novel, Less than One. The book tells the story of her life in Italy during World War II and the years following.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Natalia Ginzburg ranks 754 out of 7,302. Before her are Elisabeth of Wied, Claudian, Edgar Wallace, Christa Wolf, Berossus, and Edmond de Goncourt. After her are Hugo Ball, Cao Xueqin, Ibn Hawqal, Theognis of Megara, Dio Chrysostom, and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur.

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Among people born in 1916, Natalia Ginzburg ranks 35. Before her are Walt Whitman Rostow, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Alexander Prokhorov, Paul Keres, Vitaly Ginzburg, and Ruth Handler. After her are Abdul Rahman Arif, Robert F. Furchgott, Bernard Lewis, Emil Gilels, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, and Masaki Kobayashi. Among people deceased in 1991, Natalia Ginzburg ranks 32. Before her are Max Frisch, Arno Breker, Henri Lefebvre, Michael Landon, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and Rajiv Gandhi. After her are Jerzy Kosiński, Wilhelm Kempff, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Stan Getz, Jean Tinguely, and Don Siegel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Natalia Ginzburg ranks 931 out of 5,161. Before her are Michele Placido (1946), Teia (550), Titus Labienus (-100), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Valentino (1932), and Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5). After her are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), Matteo Zuppi (1955), and Gianna Nannini (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Natalia Ginzburg ranks 66. Before her are Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Pietro Bembo (1470), and Emilio Salgari (1862). After her are Theognis of Megara (-570), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), and Cesare Pavese (1908).

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