WRITER

Giacomo da Lentini

1210 - 1260

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Giacomo da Lentini, also known as Jacopo da Lentini or with the appellative Il Notaro, was an Italian poet of the 13th century. He was a senior poet of the Sicilian School and was a notary at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Giacomo is credited with the invention of the sonnet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacomo da Lentini has received more than 113,540 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Giacomo da Lentini is the 2,868th most popular writer (up from 2,905th in 2019).

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  • 110k

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  • 53.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giacomo da Lentini ranks 2,868 out of 7,302Before him are Ferenc Kazinczy, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kostis Palamas, Anthony Horowitz, Gu Yanwu, and Jonathan Franzen. After him are Jack Williamson, Robert Penn Warren, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Lucia Berlin, Erich Fried, and Lawrence Block.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1210, Giacomo da Lentini ranks 15Before him are Chaka of Bulgaria, Toros Roslin, Muqi, Guan Hanqing, Campanus of Novara, and Bonaventura Berlinghieri. After him are Guido Bonatti, Morta, Joan of England, Queen of Scotland, and Henry de Bracton. Among people deceased in 1260, Giacomo da Lentini ranks 9Before him are Accursius, Thomas of Celano, Sinchi Roca, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Hadewijch, and Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress. After him are Kadan, Morta, Constance of Toulouse, and Minhaj-i-Siraj.

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