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Ottavio Rinuccini

1562 - 1621

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Ottavio Rinuccini (20 January 1563 – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, Dafne, in 1597, he became the first opera librettist. He was born and died at Florence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ottavio Rinuccini is the 2,606th most popular writer (down from 2,533rd in 2019), the 2,462nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,426th in 2019) and the 167th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Ottavio Rinuccini ranks 2,606 out of 7,302. Before him are Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, André Salmon, Isaac Casaubon, Jorge Guillén, Cornelia Funke, and Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire. After him are Mir Taqi Mir, D. B. Weiss, Polemon I of Pontus, Giulio Angioni, Michael Grant, and Thomas Percy.

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Among people born in 1562, Ottavio Rinuccini ranks 13. Before him are Pietro Bernini, Cornelis van Haarlem, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John Bull, and John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After him are Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Bento de Góis, Adam van Noort, Isabella Andreini, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, and James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg. Among people deceased in 1621, Ottavio Rinuccini ranks 23. Before him are Catherine Stenbock, Jan Jesenius, John Berchmans, Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and Hendrick de Keyser. After him are Pietro Aldobrandini, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Mary Sidney, and Dirk Hartog.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ottavio Rinuccini ranks 2,462 out of 5,161. Before him are Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino (1493), John Italus (1025), Gino Colaussi (1914), Gregorio Barbarigo (1625), Joseph the Hymnographer (816), and Jarno Trulli (1974). After him are Giulio Angioni (1939), Pietro Aldobrandini (1571), Gio Ponti (1891), Carlo Matteucci (1811), Pietro Anastasi (1948), and Domenico Calcagno (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ottavio Rinuccini ranks 167. Before him are Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (100), Hermas (150), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Giovanni Pascoli (1855), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), and Giovanni de' Bardi (1534). After him are Giulio Angioni (1939), Bernardo Dovizi (1470), Ada Negri (1870), Elio Vittorini (1908), Tullia d'Aragona (1510), and Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893).

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