WRITER

Petar Hektorović

1487 - 1572

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Petar Hektorović (1487 – 13 March 1572) was a Croatian writer and polymath. Hektorović, also known as Pietro Ettoreo or Piero Hettoreo, was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature. He also wrote in Latin and in Italian, in addition to the local Slavic language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petar Hektorović is the 3,312th most popular writer (down from 2,681st in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 156th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petar Hektorović ranks 3,312 out of 7,302. Before him are Johannes von Tepl, Edmund White, Johann Ernst Glück, Armand Salacrou, John Perkins, and Philip Kerr. After him are Isotta Nogarola, Jacques Delille, Nikolay Nosov, Duarte Barbosa, Mia Couto, and Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Petar Hektorović ranks 17. Before him are Petru Rareș, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Cristóbal de Olid, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Macropedius, and Giovanni da Udine.  Among people deceased in 1572, Petar Hektorović ranks 21. Before him are Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Claude Goudimel, Ippolito II d'Este, and Moses Isserles. After him are Galeazzo Alessi, Aegidius Tschudi, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Petar Hektorović ranks 188 out of 700. Before him are Sergio Endrigo (1933), Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893), Ivo Brešan (1936), Ivica Šurjak (1953), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), and Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704). After him are August Šenoa (1838), María Baxa (1946), Franjo Rački (1828), Branko Mamula (1921), Aljoša Asanović (1965), and Zinka Milanov (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Petar Hektorović ranks 21. Before him are Petar Preradović (1818), Branko Radičević (1824), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Ivo Brešan (1936), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), and Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704). After him are August Šenoa (1838), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), Franco Sacchetti (1332), Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652), Antun Mihanović (1796), and Ivo Vojnović (1857).

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