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Baldassare Castiglione

Italian Renaissance author

1478 - 1529

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His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Baldassare Castiglione is the 459th most popular writer (up from 504th in 2024), the 626th most popular biography from Italy (down from 625th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Writer.

Baldassare Castiglione is most famous for his book The Book of the Courtier.

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Baldassare Castiglione ranks #459 of 7,707 Writers worldwide, placing them among the top 6% of the profession.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 459 out of 7,707. Before him are Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, Louis Aragon, Marguerite Yourcenar, Gabriela Mistral, and Ahmad Yasawi. After him are Dan Brown, Samuel Butler, Statius, Thomas Bernhard, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Harper Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement VII, Francisco Pizarro, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Thomas More, Philip I of Castile, and Giorgione. After him are Jan Gossaert, John, Prince of Asturias, Pánfilo de Narváez, Sancha of Aragon, Barbara Jagiellon, and Hatuey. Among people deceased in 1529, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 1. After him are Wang Yangming, La Malinche, Andrea Sansovino, Jan Provoost, John Skelton, Juan del Encina, and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 626 out of 5,905. Before him are Theano (-600), Gianni Rodari (1920), Dominic Savio (1842), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), and Caterina Sforza (1463). After him are Statius (40), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671), Pope Eusebius (250), Philip of Swabia (1177), and Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583).

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Among Writers In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 40. Before him are Giosuè Carducci (1835), Livius Andronicus (-280), Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), Propertius (-50), and Fausto Cercignani (1941). After him are Statius (40), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Tibullus (-50), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), and Dino Buzzati (1906).

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