WRITER

Anna Maria Ortese

1914 - 1998

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Anna Maria Ortese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈanna maˈriːa orˈteːze, -eːse]; June 13, 1914 – March 9, 1998) was an Italian author of novels, short stories, poetry, and travel writing. Born in Rome, she grew up between southern Italy and Tripoli, with her formal education ending at age thirteen. Her first book, Angelici dolori, was issued in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Maria Ortese has received more than 45,522 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Anna Maria Ortese is the 5,014th most popular writer (down from 4,937th in 2019), the 3,660th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,459th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anna Maria Ortese ranks 5,014 out of 7,302Before her are Ramón J. Sender, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Sidney Howard, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Margery Allingham, and Álvaro Cunqueiro. After her are Joanna Russ, Paul Theroux, Wolf Erlbruch, Pratibha Ray, Michael Hirst, and Nicolaas Beets.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Anna Maria Ortese ranks 287Before her are Franz von Werra, John Hersey, František Čapek, Martí de Riquer i Morera, Viljo Heino, and Jack LaLanne. After her are Daniel J. Boorstin, William Gibson, Béatrix Beck, Qin Jiwei, Edgar Reinhardt, and Astrid Henning-Jensen. Among people deceased in 1998, Anna Maria Ortese ranks 229Before her are Raquel Rastenni, Ted Fujita, Kenkichi Iwasawa, Viljo Heino, Stokely Carmichael, and Cesare Perdisa. After her are Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Ferenc Sidó, James Algar, Patricia Hayes, Giovanni Valetti, and Betty Carter.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Anna Maria Ortese ranks 3,660 out of 5,161Before her are Fabio Casartelli (1970), Romeo Neri (1903), Bruno Giordano (1956), Kim Rossi Stuart (1969), Marta Abba (1900), and Cesare Perdisa (1932). After her are Alberigo Evani (1963), Ignazio Fabra (1930), Antonino Rocca (1921), Aemilius Macer (null), Luigi Cantone (1917), and Francesco I Gattilusio (1326).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Anna Maria Ortese ranks 252Before her are Gabriello Chiabrera (1552), Andrea Maffei (1798), Vittorio Messori (1941), Vitaliano Brancati (1907), Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719), and Giovanni Berchet (1783). After her are Aemilius Macer (null), Vittoria Aganoor (1855), Nino Martoglio (1870), Edoardo Sanguineti (1930), Laura Cereta (1469), and Riccardo Bacchelli (1891).