WRITER

Antonio Ghislanzoni

1824 - 1893

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Antonio Ghislanzoni (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo ɡizlanˈtsoːni]; 25 November 1824 – 16 July 1893) was an Italian journalist, poet, and novelist who wrote librettos for Verdi, among other composers, of which the best known are Aida and the revised version of La forza del destino. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Ghislanzoni has received more than 51,029 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Antonio Ghislanzoni is the 3,153rd most popular writer (down from 3,051st in 2019), the 2,782nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,637th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Valeria
Librettos, Operas
Papà Martin
Abrakadabra
Il demone nello scrittoio
Correspondence, Librettists
Racconti politici
I promessi sposi
Librettos, Operas

Page views of Antonio Ghislanzonis by language

Over the past year Antonio Ghislanzoni has had the most page views in the with 6,967 views, followed by English (5,054), and German (1,493). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (98.83%), Persian (52.65%), and Hebrew (22.49%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antonio Ghislanzoni ranks 3,153 out of 7,302Before him are Péter Szondi, Abdurauf Fitrat, Kir Bulychev, Paul Fleming, Shibli Nomani, and Daniel-Rops. After him are Janosch, Buddhadasa, Jacob Israël de Haan, Bronisława Wajs, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, and Jan Gruter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Antonio Ghislanzoni ranks 50Before him are John Kerr, Vladimir Stasov, Branko Radičević, George Speck, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, and Emmanuel Frémiet. After him are Ambrose Burnside, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Juliusz Kossak, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Wilhelm Hofmeister, and Víctor Balaguer i Cirera. Among people deceased in 1893, Antonio Ghislanzoni ranks 46Before him are William Smith, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Jacob Moleschott, Tivadar Puskás, Victor Schœlcher, and Pierre Tirard. After him are Arabo, Franz Grashof, Robert Cornelius, Anton von Schmerling, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, and Jean Dufresne.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Ghislanzoni ranks 2,782 out of 5,161Before him are Gianna Maria Canale (1927), Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1820), Marino Morosini (1181), Maso di Banco (1250), Pasquale Malipiero (1392), and Angelo Iachino (1889). After him are Edoardo Reja (1945), Benedetto Luti (1666), Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889), Antonio Priuli (1548), Giorgio Strehler (1921), and Luigi Carlo Farini (1812).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Antonio Ghislanzoni ranks 187Before him are Antonio Fogazzaro (1842), Susanna Tamaro (1957), Luigi Alamanni (1495), Salimbene di Adam (1221), Erri De Luca (1950), and Mario Soldati (1906). After him are Tiziano Terzani (1938), Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504), Roberto Calasso (1941), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Giosafat Barbaro (1413), and Ennio Flaiano (1910).