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WRITER

Elio Vittorini

1908 - 1966

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Elio Vittorini (Italian: [ˈɛːljo vittoˈriːni] ; 23 July 1908 – 12 February 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work, in English speaking countries, is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941. The first U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elio Vittorini has received more than 77,589 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Elio Vittorini is the 3,225th most popular writer (down from 3,072nd in 2019), the 2,713th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,567th in 2019) and the 180th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 50.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elio Vittorini ranks 3,225 out of 5,755. Before him are Martin Gray, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Yury Olesha, Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, and Georgi Sava Rakovski. After him are Naomi Klein, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Coelius Sedulius, R. K. Narayan, and Thomas Corneille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Elio Vittorini ranks 168. Before him are Edoardo Amaldi, Olga Benário Prestes, Joseph Keilberth, Héctor Trujillo, Peg Entwistle, and Krystyna Skarbek. After him are Jacques Herbrand, Juan Botasso, Fred MacMurray, Renzo Rossellini, Lew Ayres, and Janina Lewandowska. Among people deceased in 1966, Elio Vittorini ranks 109. Before him are Lenny Bruce, Fritz Bleyl, Hans Hofmann, Boris Podolsky, C. S. Forester, and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. After him are Albrecht Brandi, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Ernest Burgess, Erich Pommer, Courtney Hodges, and Jan Kiepura.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elio Vittorini ranks 2,713 out of 4,668. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555), Pietro Serantoni (1906), Steno (1917), Robertino Loreti (1947), Marco Cornaro (1285), and Gianni De Biasi (1956). After him are Lorenzo Priuli (1489), Primo Nebiolo (1923), Sophia of Montferrat (1399), Francesco Loredan (1685), Pietro Mennea (1952), and Marco Verratti (1992).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Elio Vittorini ranks 180. Before him are Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Ennio Flaiano (1910), Tiziano Terzani (1938), and Moderata Fonte (1555). After him are William of Apulia (1100), Ludovico di Varthema (1470), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Giulio Angioni (1939), Teofilo Folengo (1491), and Luciano De Crescenzo (1928).

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