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Torquato Tasso

1544 - 1595

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Torquato Tasso ( TASS-oh, also US: TAH-soh, Italian: [torˈkwaːto ˈtasso]; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem of 1099. Tasso had mental illness and died a few days before he was to be crowned on the Capitoline Hill as the king of poets by Pope Clement VIII. His work was widely translated and adapted, and until the beginning of the 20th century, he remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Torquato Tasso is the 220th most popular writer (up from 224th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Italy (down from 308th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Writer.

Torquato Tasso is most famous for his epic poem "The Gerusalemme Liberata" which tells the story of the First Crusade.

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Among writers, Torquato Tasso ranks 220 out of 7,302. Before him are Pearl S. Buck, George Sand, Roger Martin du Gard, Janusz Korczak, Constantine VII, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline. After him are Chinghiz Aitmatov, Lu Xun, Stanisław Lem, Anacreon, Annie Ernaux, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

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Among people born in 1544, Torquato Tasso ranks 3. Before him are William Gilbert, and Francis II of France. After him are Ismihan Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, Anna of Saxony, Şah Sultan, Renata of Lorraine, Maria Temryukovna, Maddalena Casulana, Gillis van Coninxloo, and Giovanni Botero. Among people deceased in 1595, Torquato Tasso ranks 2. Before him is Murad III. After him are Philip Neri, John Hawkins, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Mohammad Khodabanda, António, Prior of Crato, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, and Thoinot Arbeau.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Torquato Tasso ranks 314 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Boniface VI (800), Denis (210), Bonaventure (1221), Pope John II (470), Saint Cecilia (200), and Pope Soter (120). After him are Pope Leo II (611), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Pope Benedict VIII (980), Pope Sylvester III (1000), and Andrea Bocelli (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Torquato Tasso ranks 16. Before him are Cato the Elder (-243), Carlo Collodi (1826), Plautus (-254), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), Catullus (-84), and Carlo Goldoni (1707). After him are Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), Grazia Deledda (1871), Dario Fo (1926), Primo Levi (1919), and Sallust (-86).

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