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Poliziano

1454 - 1494

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Agnolo (or Angelo) Ambrogini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaɲɲolo ambroˈdʒiːni]; 14 July 1454 – 24 September 1494), commonly known as Angelo Poliziano (Italian: [ˈandʒelo politˈtsjaːno]) or simply Poliziano, anglicized as Politian, was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance. His scholarship was instrumental in the divergence of Renaissance (or Humanist) Latin from medieval norms and for developments in philology. His nickname Poliziano, by which he is chiefly identified to the present day, was derived from the Latin name of his birthplace, Montepulciano (Mons Politianus). Poliziano's works include translations of passages from Homer's Iliad, an edition of the poetry of Catullus and commentaries on classical authors and literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Poliziano is the 626th most popular writer (down from 623rd in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 746th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Italian Writer.

Pietro Bembo, also known as Poliziano, was a humanist, poet, and scholar who was the secretary to Lorenzo de Medici. He is most famous for his translation of the Divine Comedy from Latin to Italian.

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Among writers, Poliziano ranks 626 out of 7,302. Before him are Raymond Queneau, Han Kang, Theodore Dreiser, Joan Fuster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Francisco de Quevedo. After him are Patricia Highsmith, Franz Werfel, André Chénier, Kumārajīva, Gabriele Amorth, and Kōbō Abe.

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Among people born in 1454, Poliziano ranks 4. Before him are Amerigo Vespucci, Pinturicchio, and Catherine Cornaro. After him are Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples, and Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1494, Poliziano ranks 5. Before him are Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Hans Memling, and Ferdinand I of Naples. After him are Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Melozzo da Forlì, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Yuriy Drohobych, Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany, and Giosafat Barbaro.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Poliziano ranks 793 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio del Pollaiolo (1429), Andrea Pisano (1290), Francesco Hayez (1791), Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), Piero di Cosimo (1462), and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937). After him are Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751), Charles Ponzi (1882), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), and Tarcisius (263).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Poliziano ranks 49. Before him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Tibullus (-50), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), and Aulus Gellius (123). After him are Gabriele Amorth (1925), Giambattista Basile (1566), Eugenio Montale (1896), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), and Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45).

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