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Roberto Calasso

1941 - 2021

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Roberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He has been called "a literary institution of one". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Calasso is the 3,139th most popular writer (up from 3,220th in 2019), the 2,782nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,837th in 2019) and the 186th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roberto Calasso ranks 3,139 out of 7,302. Before him are Leone Ginzburg, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Robert Ressler, Jefimija, Johannes Ewald, and Richard Curtis. After him are Jean Desmarets, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Walter Hasenclever, Béla Király, and Rahul Sankrityayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Roberto Calasso ranks 267. Before him are Dennis Sullivan, Yuri Norstein, Gregory Benford, Maurice Piat, Vlado Milunić, and Miriam Margolyes. After him are Bakili Muluzi, Silvio Moser, Ulf Merbold, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Tomaž Šalamun, and Robert D. Putnam. Among people deceased in 2021, Roberto Calasso ranks 239. Before him are Kamal Ganzouri, Clément Mouamba, Gianluigi Saccaro, Lucía Hiriart, Hugo Maradona, and Ng Man-tat. After him are Alan Lancaster, B. J. Thomas, Yegor Ligachyov, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Joey Jordison, and Shunsuke Kikuchi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Roberto Calasso ranks 2,782 out of 5,161. Before him are Alberto Burri (1915), Benedetto Cairoli (1825), Pietro Mengoli (1626), Mario Minniti (1577), Lucrezia Barberini (1628), and Rossano Brazzi (1916). After him are Melus of Bari (1000), Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress (1252), Luca Guadagnino (1971), Toni Servillo (1959), Giulio Gaudini (1904), and Marietta Alboni (1823).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Roberto Calasso ranks 186. Before him are Félix Fénéon (1861), Titus Burckhardt (1908), Silvio Pellico (1789), Alda Merini (1931), Ludovico di Varthema (1470), and Marco Foscarini (1696). After him are Aemilius Macer (null), Giovanni della Casa (1503), Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824), Goffredo Mameli (1827), Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937), and Remmius Palaemon (100).

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