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Andrea Camilleri

1925 - 2019

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Andrea Calogero Camilleri (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa kamilˈlɛːri]; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Camilleri is the 854th most popular writer (down from 700th in 2019), the 1,035th most popular biography from Italy (down from 856th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Italian Writer.

Andrea Camilleri is most famous for writing the Inspector Montalbano series of detective novels.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrea Camilleri ranks 854 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernart de Ventadorn, Ali Shariati, Eugène Scribe, Michael Crichton, Menippus, and Jonas Lie. After him are Julian Barnes, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Gaius Lucilius, Al-Zamakhshari, and Georges Bernanos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Andrea Camilleri ranks 64. Before him are Paul Mauriat, Milton Obote, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Ieng Sary, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Bill Gates Sr.. After him are Robert Venturi, Oliver Smithies, John Tate, Wong Fei-hung, Jean Tinguely, and Michael Halliday. Among people deceased in 2019, Andrea Camilleri ranks 49. Before him are René Auberjonois, Ratko Janev, Li Peng, Lee Radziwill, Marie Laforêt, and Sydney Brenner. After him are Giya Kancheli, Roger Etchegaray, John Tate, John Robert Schrieffer, Ágnes Heller, and Lennart Johansson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Camilleri ranks 1,035 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Il Sodoma (1477), Benedetto Marcello (1686), and Dino De Laurentiis (1919). After him are Federico Barocci (1535), Luigi Cadorna (1850), Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870), Fra Dolcino (1250), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), and Romano Mussolini (1927).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Andrea Camilleri ranks 77. Before him are Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Cesare Pavese (1908), Gerard of Cremona (1114), Elsa Morante (1912), Stesichorus (-630), and Ibycus (-600). After him are Gaius Lucilius (-180), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Marie Mancini (1639), Italo Svevo (1861), Lucius Accius (-170), and Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76).

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