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Giovanni Francesco Straparola

1480 - 1557

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Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola, also known as Zoan or Zuan Francesco Straparola da Caravaggio (ca. 1485–1558), was an Italian writer of poetry, and collector and writer of short stories. Some time during his life, he migrated from Caravaggio to Venice where he published a collection of stories in two volumes called The Facetious Nights or The Pleasant Nights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Francesco Straparola has received more than 167,264 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Giovanni Francesco Straparola is the 2,022nd most popular writer (up from 2,505th in 2019).

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  • 56.11

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giovanni Francesco Straparola ranks 2,022 out of 7,302. Before him are Matthieu Ricard, Sophron, Richard Brautigan, Tanya Savicheva, Mariano José de Larra, and Bella Akhmadulina. After him are Julian Tuwim, Jean Starobinski, Cassius Longinus, Karen Armstrong, Hallgrímur Pétursson, and Wahb ibn Munabbih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Giovanni Francesco Straparola ranks 28. Before him are Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Herri met de Bles, António de Abreu, and Pir Sultan Abdal. After him are Pedro Damiano, Girolamo Savoldo, Girolamo Aleandro, Antonio de Guevara, Frederick II of Legnica, and Duarte Barbosa. Among people deceased in 1557, Giovanni Francesco Straparola ranks 12. Before him are Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, and Lautaro. After him are Ferrante Gonzaga, Galvarino, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Mohammed al-Shaykh, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, and Söyembikä of Kazan.

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