WRITER

Alda Merini

1931 - 2009

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Alda Merini (21 March 1931 – 1 November 2009) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and admiration of other Italian writers, such as Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Merini's writing style has been described as intense, passionate and mystic, and it is influenced by Rainer Maria Rilke. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alda Merini has received more than 144,912 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alda Merini is the 2,651st most popular writer (up from 2,740th in 2019), the 2,502nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,472nd in 2019) and the 166th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alda Merini ranks 2,651 out of 7,302. Before her are Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Jules Guesde, Olga Rozanova, Tom Sharpe, John Cheever, and Jean Rhys. After her are Àngel Guimerà, Mirra Alfassa, Stanko Vraz, Polemon I of Pontus, William Goldman, and Jim Corbett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Alda Merini ranks 196. Before her are Fred Brooks, John Gavin, Dritëro Agolli, George Vassiliou, Linda Nochlin, and Mamie Van Doren. After her are William Goldman, Michael O. Rabin, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Franco Interlenghi, Anton Tus, and Jean-Jacques Marcel. Among people deceased in 2009, Alda Merini ranks 122. Before her are Vyacheslav Ivankov, Karl Koller, Friaça, Pierre Harmel, Tayeb Salih, and Ken Annakin. After her are Zbigniew Religa, Béla Király, Eric Woolfson, Rosanna Schiaffino, Hong Song-nam, and Johannes Mario Simmel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alda Merini ranks 2,502 out of 5,161. Before her are Margaret of Sicily (1237), Anna Juliana Gonzaga (1566), Lucrezia Barberini (1628), Riccardo Fogli (1947), Juliana Falconieri (1270), and Guido Masetti (1907). After her are Quintus Caecilius Metellus (-300), Simone Peterzano (1540), Alberto Burri (1915), Massimo Bonini (1959), Pietro Anastasi (1948), and Pietro Mocenigo (1406).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Alda Merini ranks 166. Before her are Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), Giovanni de' Bardi (1534), Ottavio Rinuccini (1562), Ada Negri (1870), Duris of Samos (-340), and Elio Vittorini (1908). After her are Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Michele Ruggieri (1543), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Guido Guinizelli (1230), Moderata Fonte (1555), and Apostolo Zeno (1668).

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