WRITER

Francesco de Sanctis

1817 - 1883

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Francesco de Sanctis (28 March 1817 – 29 December 1883) was an Italian literary critic, scholar and politician, leading critic and historian of Italian language and literature during the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco de Sanctis has received more than 60,600 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco de Sanctis is the 3,344th most popular writer (up from 3,439th in 2019), the 2,902nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,840th in 2019) and the 198th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Un viaggio elettorale
Politics and government, Biography, Statesmen
1920
Storia della letteratura italiana
Italian literature, History and criticism, Italian literature (Collections)
1879
Saggi critici
History and criticism, Italian literature, Modern Literature
1881
Saggio critico sul Petrarca
Criticism and interpretation
1883
La letteratura italiana nel secolo XIX
Italian literature, History and criticism
1897
Studio su Giacomo Leopardi
Authors, Italian, Biography, Criticism and interpretation
1885

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 3,344 out of 7,302. Before him are Isaac de Benserade, Leif G. W. Persson, Tarabai Shinde, Henry Becque, Yu Hua, and Abu Ali Bal'ami. After him are David Crystal, Isaac Casaubon, Cornelis Tromp, Valerius Antias, John Ford, and Karl Ove Knausgård.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 48. Before him are Alfred Józef Potocki, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Heinrich Graetz, Wilhelm Griesinger, Debendranath Tagore, and Joseph Poelaert. After him are Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Georgi Pulevski, Braxton Bragg, and Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély. Among people deceased in 1883, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 52. Before him are Reinhart Dozy, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Hiệp Hòa, Yevfimiy Putyatin, Butrus al-Bustani, and Robert Volkmann. After him are Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Heinrich von Ferstel, Oswald Heer, Alexander H. Stephens, Sven Nilsson, and Joachim Barrande.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 2,902 out of 5,161. Before him are Massimo Ambrosini (1977), Annius of Viterbo (1437), Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850), Paolo Pedretti (1906), Alessandro Baricco (1958), and Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731). After him are Appius Claudius Pulcher (-250), Sergio Castellitto (1953), Gianfranco Fini (1952), Leandro Faggin (1933), Pino Donaggio (1941), and Marino Sanuto the Younger (1466).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Francesco de Sanctis ranks 198. Before him are Giosafat Barbaro (1413), Ennio Flaiano (1910), Julius Obsequens (400), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Nossis (null), and Alessandro Baricco (1958). After him are Corrado Alvaro (1895), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), Augusto Genina (1892), Giovanni della Casa (1503), Massimo Bontempelli (1878), and Carlo Rosselli (1899).

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