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Emilio Salgari

1862 - 1911

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Emilio Salgari (Italian pronunciation: [eˈmiːljo salˈɡaːri], but often erroneously pronounced [ˈsalɡari]; 21 August 1862 – 25 April 1911) was an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction. In Italy, his extensive body of work was more widely read than that of Dante Alighieri. In the 21st century, he is still among the 40 most translated Italian authors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emilio Salgari has received more than 309,250 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Emilio Salgari is the 718th most popular writer (up from 809th in 2019), the 874th most popular biography from Italy (up from 969th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Italian Writer.

Emilio Salgari was a writer who wrote adventure novels. He is most famous for his novels The Black Corsair and Captain Blood.

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Notable Works

Corsario Negro, El
1998
I misteri della jungla nera
1986
El corsario negro
Literary Collections
1981
Al Polo australe in velocipede
1899
La "Stella Polare" ed il suo viaggio avventuroso
Travel
2001
Sandokan
1998

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Emilio Salgari ranks 718 out of 7,302. Before him are Nonnus, Dalton Trumbo, Veronica Franco, Alain-René Lesage, Milorad Pavić, and Alfred de Vigny. After him are Julius Fučík, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bernart de Ventadorn, William Saroyan, Hugo Ball, and Longus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Emilio Salgari ranks 21. Before him are Pyotr Stolypin, Joseph Merrick, Helene Schjerfbeck, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Henri Pirenne, and J. Bruce Ismay. After him are Nikolai Yudenich, Louis Barthou, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Daniel Swarovski, and Edith Wharton. Among people deceased in 1911, Emilio Salgari ranks 11. Before him are Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and Georg Jellinek. After him are Maria Pia of Savoy, Valentin Serov, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Edward Whymper, Ahmed ‘Urabi, and Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Emilio Salgari ranks 874 out of 5,161. Before him are Veronica Franco (1546), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Giorgio Morandi (1890), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), and Francesco Guicciardini (1483). After him are Rosalba Carriera (1673), Guercino (1591), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), and Isabella d'Este (1474).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Emilio Salgari ranks 61. Before him are Pietro Metastasio (1698), Giambattista Basile (1566), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Andrea Camilleri (1925), and Veronica Franco (1546). After him are Theognis of Megara (-570), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Arrigo Boito (1842), and Valerius Maximus (-100).

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