1907 - 1990
Alberto Pincherle (Italian: [alˈbɛrto ˈpiŋkerle]; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990), known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia (US: moh-RAH-vee-ə, -RAY-, Italian: [moˈraːvja]), was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti (The Time of Indifference 1929) and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista (The Conformist 1947), the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Moravia has received more than 499,788 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Alberto Moravia is the 301st most popular writer, the 397th most popular biography from Italy (down from 394th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Writer.
Alberto Moravia is most famous for his novel "La Ciociara," which tells the story of a woman who is abandoned by her husband and must struggle to provide for her children.
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Among writers, Alberto Moravia ranks 301 out of 5,755. Before him are Margaret Mitchell, Mikhail Sholokhov, Lucan, Saadi Shirazi, Fuzûlî, and Heinrich von Kleist. After him are Alejandro Jodorowsky, Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, Roger Martin du Gard, Lorenzo Valla, and J. M. Coetzee.
1900 - 1949
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 295
1905 - 1984
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 296
39 - 65
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 297
1210 - 1291
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 298
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 299
1777 - 1811
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 300
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 301
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 302
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 303
1492 - 1549
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 304
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 305
1407 - 1457
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 306
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 307
Among people born in 1907, Alberto Moravia ranks 12. Before him are John Wayne, Edwin McMillan, Mircea Eliade, Hergé, Laurence Olivier, and Rachel Carson. After him are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Baldur von Schirach, Jacques Tati, Yang Shangkun, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Lin Biao. Among people deceased in 1990, Alberto Moravia ranks 9. Before him are Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, B. F. Skinner, Roald Dahl, Louis Althusser, and Leonard Bernstein. After him are Norbert Elias, Paulette Goddard, Sarah Vaughan, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, John Bowlby, and Pavel Cherenkov.
1907 - 1979
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 6
1907 - 1991
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 7
1907 - 1986
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 8
1907 - 1983
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 9
1907 - 1989
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 10
1907 - 1964
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 11
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 12
1907 - 1943
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 13
1907 - 1974
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 14
1907 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 15
1907 - 1998
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 16
1907 - 1973
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 17
1907 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 18
1905 - 1990
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 3
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 4
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 5
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 6
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 8
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 10
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 12
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 13
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1904 - 1990
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 15
Among people born in Italy, Alberto Moravia ranks 397 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Adrian V (1205), Pope Callixtus I (180), Pope Leo IV (790), Poppaea Sabina (30), Pope Martin I (590), and Pope Nicholas IV (1227). After him are Carlo Ponti (1912), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Toto Cutugno (1943), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), Alessandro Cagliostro (1743), and Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718).
1205 - 1276
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 391
180 - 223
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 392
790 - 855
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 393
30 - 65
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 394
590 - 655
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 395
1227 - 1292
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 396
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 397
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 398
1882 - 1916
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 399
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 400
1771 - 1847
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 401
1743 - 1795
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 402
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 403
Among writers born in Italy, Alberto Moravia ranks 26. Before him are Christine de Pizan (1365), Dario Fo (1926), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), and Primo Levi (1919). After him are Lorenzo Valla (1407), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Pietro Aretino (1492).
1365 - 1430
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 20
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 21
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 22
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 23
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 24
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 25
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 26
1407 - 1457
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 27
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 28
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 29
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 30
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 31
1492 - 1556
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 32