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WRITER

Alda Merini

1931 - 2009

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Alda Merini (21 March 1931, in Milan – 1 November 2009, in Milan) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and the 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 132,407 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alda Merini is the 2,750th most popular writer (up from 2,888th in 2019), the 2,477th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,463rd in 2019) and the 167th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 52.41

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alda Merini ranks 2,750 out of 5,755Before her are Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Hal Clement, Balthasar Russow, Joyce Meyer, Kostis Palamas, and Heinrich von Veldeke. After her are John Wyndham, Gerard Reve, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Krishna Sobti, Julius Pomponius Laetus, and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Alda Merini ranks 197Before her are Scotty Moore, Robert Enrico, Heisuke Hironaka, Camillo Ruini, Dominique Lapierre, and Lars Hörmander. After her are Rajko Kuzmanović, David Eddings, Allen Klein, Dean Jones, Mickey Mantle, and Dritëro Agolli. Among people deceased in 2009, Alda Merini ranks 130Before her are Guillermo Endara, Joan Martí i Alanis, Tayeb Salih, Konstantin Feoktistov, Friaça, and Eleanor F. Helin. After her are Rosanna Schiaffino, David Eddings, Allen Klein, Ron Silver, Shi Pei Pu, and Ken Annakin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alda Merini ranks 2,477 out of 4,668Before her are Pasquale Cicogna (1509), Enrico Cecchetti (1850), Marcantonio Trivisan (1475), Milena Vukotic (1935), Perino del Vaga (1501), and Antiochus of Syracuse (-450). After her are Appius Claudius Pulcher (-250), Manlio Brosio (1897), Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1260), Francesco Venier (1489), Peppino di Capri (1939), and Renzo Zorzi (1946).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Alda Merini ranks 167Before her are Alessandro Baricco (1958), Félix Fénéon (1861), Michele Ruggieri (1543), Sophron (-500), Duris of Samos (-340), and Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893). After her are Gasparo Contarini (1483), Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Marco Foscarini (1696), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), and Silvio Pellico (1789).