WRITER

Edmondo De Amicis

1846 - 1908

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Edmondo De Amicis (Italian pronunciation: [edˈmondo de aˈmiːtʃis]; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmondo De Amicis has received more than 162,119 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Edmondo De Amicis is the 403rd most popular writer (down from 388th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Italy (down from 507th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Writer.

Edmondo de Amicis is most famous for his novel, "Heart of a Dog."

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 403 out of 7,302. Before him are O. Henry, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Chandler, Pietro Aretino, Ismail Kadare, and Ágota Kristóf. After him are Henning Mankell, Henry James, Joseph Roth, Dan Brown, René Guénon, and Michel Houellebecq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 6. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Peter Carl Fabergé, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, and George Westinghouse. After him are Wilhelm Maybach, Comte de Lautréamont, Buffalo Bill, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and Naim Frashëri. Among people deceased in 1908, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 6. Before him are Henri Becquerel, Empress Dowager Cixi, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Guangxu Emperor, and Grover Cleveland. After him are Randal Cremer, Carlos I of Portugal, Pablo de Sarasate, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Demetrius Vikelas, and Joseph Maria Olbrich.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 524 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Alberto Ascari (1918), Pope Stephen III (720), and Pietro Aretino (1492). After him are Longinus (100), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Pope Anterus (180), Marcello Lippi (1948), and Elisabeth Farnese (1692).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Edmondo De Amicis ranks 35. Before him are Ennius (-239), Grazia Deledda (1871), Theocritus (-315), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Elena Ferrante (1943), and Pietro Aretino (1492). After him are Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Tibullus (-50), and Livius Andronicus (-280).

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