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Gianni Rodari

1920 - 1980

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Giovanni Francesco "Gianni" Rodari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒanni roˈdaːri]; 23 October 1920 – 14 April 1980) was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his works of children's literature, notably Il romanzo di Cipollino. For his lasting contribution as a children's author, he received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gianni Rodari has received more than 270,185 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Gianni Rodari is the 5th most popular journalist, the 537th most popular biography from Italy (down from 535th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Journalist.

Gianni Rodari is most famous for his children's books, especially the "Adventures of Pinocchio" and "The Little World of Don Camillo".

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Gianni Rodari ranks 5 out of 196. Before him are Robert Capa, Richard Sorge, Oriana Fallaci, and François-Noël Babeuf. After him are Joseph Pulitzer, Sebastião Salgado, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Robert Guérin, Julian Assange, and Dorothea Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gianni Rodari ranks 15. Before him are Farouk of Egypt, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Paul Celan, Mario Puzo, Owen Chamberlain, and Melina Mercouri. After him are Frank Herbert, Amália Rodrigues, Boris Vian, Traudl Junge, Éric Rohmer, and Richard von Weizsäcker. Among people deceased in 1980, Gianni Rodari ranks 19. Before him are Jesse Owens, Colonel Sanders, Joe Dassin, Henry Miller, Tamara de Lempicka, and Marshall McLuhan. After him are Peter Sellers, Vladimir Vysotsky, Alexei Kosygin, Otto Frank, Hans Asperger, and Oswald Mosley.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gianni Rodari ranks 537 out of 5,161. Before him are Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Lucullus (-118), Pope John III (520), Pope John XIV (1000), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), and Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416). After him are Giulio Andreotti (1919), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Peter Lombard (1096), Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Scipio Aemilianus (-185), and Pope Eutychian (300).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Italy

Among journalists born in Italy, Gianni Rodari ranks 2. Before him are Oriana Fallaci (1929). After him are Letizia Battaglia (1935), Maurizio Costanzo (1938), Bianca Maria Piccinino (1924), Fabrizio Romano (1993), and Rosanna Marani (1946).

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