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Umberto Saba

1883 - 1957

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Umberto Saba (9 March 1883 – 25 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the pen name "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928. From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste. He suffered from depression for all of his adult life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Umberto Saba is the 2,465th most popular writer (down from 2,262nd in 2019), the 2,342nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,228th in 2019) and the 158th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Umberto Saba ranks 2,465 out of 7,302. Before him are Caesarius of Heisterbach, Apollonius Dyscolus, Dares Phrygius, Jules Supervielle, Juan de Valdés, and Ron Kovic. After him are Tanya Savicheva, Michele Ruggieri, Alfréd Wetzler, Forrest J Ackerman, Karel Hynek Mácha, and Charles Mackay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Umberto Saba ranks 108. Before him are Bertram Ramsay, Fritz Gerlich, Ludwig Müller, Ahmed Nihad, Isaak Brodsky, and Eugen Ritter von Schobert. After him are Henri Maspero, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Ikki Kita, Sam Wood, Richard Gerstl, and Luigi Ganna. Among people deceased in 1957, Umberto Saba ranks 98. Before him are Claude Farrère, Wilhelm Filchner, Eugène Schueller, Karl Genzken, Heinrich Bär, and Valery Larbaud. After him are Musidora, Luigi Ganna, Hasui Kawase, Rudolf Weigl, Irving Baxter, and Walter Jakobsson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Umberto Saba ranks 2,342 out of 5,161. Before him are Godepert (610), Flaminio Bertoni (1903), Antonio Barberini (1607), Guido Fubini (1879), Giovanni Morelli (1816), and Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1594). After him are Pirro Ligorio (1513), Azzone Visconti (1302), Medardo Rosso (1858), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), and Michele Ruggieri (1543).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Umberto Saba ranks 158. Before him are Corax of Syracuse (-500), Guido Guinizelli (1230), Nigidius Figulus (-98), Lucilius Junior (6), Indro Montanelli (1909), and Sophron (-500). After him are Michele Ruggieri (1543), Luigi Alamanni (1495), Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (100), Hermas (150), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), and Giovanni Pascoli (1855).

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