WRITER

Curzio Malaparte

1898 - 1957

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Curzio Malaparte (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkurtsjo malaˈparte]; born Kurt Erich Suckert; 9 June 1898 – 19 July 1957) was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte is best known outside Italy due to his works Kaputt (1944) and The Skin (1949). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curzio Malaparte has received more than 359,227 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Curzio Malaparte is the 634th most popular writer (down from 633rd in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from Italy (up from 791st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Italian Writer.

Curzio Malaparte was an Italian writer, journalist, and war correspondent. He is most famous for his novel The Skin, which is about the Nazi occupation of France.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Curzio Malaparte ranks 634 out of 7,302. Before him are Samuel Johnson, Ludwig Tieck, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Witold Gombrowicz, Raymond Queneau, and Edward Bernays. After him are Edgar Rice Burroughs, Saul Bellow, Clarice Lispector, Daphne du Maurier, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Walther von der Vogelweide.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Curzio Malaparte ranks 32. Before him are Henry Moore, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Karl Ziegler, René Clair, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, and Willy Messerschmitt. After him are Jeanne Hébuterne, Trofim Lysenko, Karl Hermann Frank, Peng Dehuai, Alexander Calder, and Joris Ivens. Among people deceased in 1957, Curzio Malaparte ranks 26. Before him are Richard E. Byrd, Irving Langmuir, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Joseph McCarthy, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Alfred Döblin. After him are Jože Plečnik, František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, and Erich von Stroheim.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Curzio Malaparte ranks 757 out of 5,161. Before him are Atia (-85), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Domenico Modugno (1928), Lino Ventura (1919), Charles Edward Stuart (1720), and Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753). After him are Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749), Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Louise of Orléans (1812), Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), Roger de Flor (1267), and Pope Anastasius II (450).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Curzio Malaparte ranks 53. Before him are Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Eugenio Montale (1896), Dino Buzzati (1906), Cassiodorus (487), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Poliziano (1454). After him are Giosuè Carducci (1835), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Giambattista Basile (1566), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Francesca da Rimini (1259), and Andrea Camilleri (1925).

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