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Carlo Goldoni

1707 - 1793

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Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also US: , Italian: [ˈkarlo oˈzvaldo ɡolˈdoːni]; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlo Goldoni has received more than 351,161 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Carlo Goldoni is the 265th most popular writer (down from 251st in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Italy (down from 320th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Italian Writer.

Carlo Goldoni is most famous for his comedies that were written in the 18th century.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carlo Goldoni ranks 265 out of 5,755Before him are Frédéric Mistral, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Jaroslav Hašek, Alfonso X of Castile, and Henry Miller. After him are William Golding, Jordanes, Chrétien de Troyes, Valmiki, Shams Tabrizi, and Françoise Sagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Carlo Goldoni ranks 3Before him are Carl Linnaeus and Leonhard Euler. After him are Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Louis I of Spain, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Henry Fielding, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Louis-Michel van Loo, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, and Charles Wesley. Among people deceased in 1793, Carlo Goldoni ranks 7Before him are Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI of France, Jean-Paul Marat, Charlotte Corday, Madame du Barry, and Olympe de Gouges. After him are Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Yolande de Polastron, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Francesco Guardi, and Madame Roland.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Goldoni ranks 351 out of 4,668Before him are Longinus (100), Pope Honorius IV (1210), Pope John X (860), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Pope Julius I (300), and Pope Gregory X (1210). After him are Pope Boniface I (370), Ancus Marcius (-675), Gordian III (225), Guido Reni (1575), Pope Gregory II (669), and Vitus (290).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Carlo Goldoni ranks 22Before him are Juvenal (50), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Torquato Tasso (1544), Sallust (-86), Christine de Pizan (1365), and Dario Fo (1926). After him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), Primo Levi (1919), Alberto Moravia (1907), Lorenzo Valla (1407), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863).