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WRITER

Giovanni Verga

1840 - 1922

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Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni karˈmɛːlo ˈverɡa]; 2 September 1840 – 27 January 1922) was an Italian realist (verista) writer, best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily, especially the short story and later play Cavalleria rusticana and the novel I Malavoglia (The House by the Medlar Tree). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Verga has received more than 224,906 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Verga is the 1,239th most popular writer (up from 1,272nd in 2019), the 1,369th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,366th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giovanni Verga ranks 1,239 out of 5,755Before him are Quintus Fabius Pictor, Yosa Buson, Babrius, Poul Anderson, Jerzy Kosiński, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. After him are Valerie Solanas, Anthony Bourdain, Laura Marx, Per Olov Enquist, Johann Peter Eckermann, and Thomas of Celano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Giovanni Verga ranks 24Before him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Edward Whymper, Hans Makart, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. After him are Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Shibusawa Eiichi, Johan Svendsen, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Emin Pasha. Among people deceased in 1922, Giovanni Verga ranks 38Before him are Catherine Dolgorukov, Mori Ōgai, Velimir Khlebnikov, Camille Jordan, Arthur Nikisch, and Edmund Leighton. After him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Hermann Alexander Diels, John William Godward, Pandita Ramabai, Wilhelm Voigt, and Vlaho Bukovac.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Verga ranks 1,369 out of 4,668Before him are Lucio Fulci (1927), Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Luigi Facta (1861), Enrico Berlinguer (1922), and Mario Beccaria (1920). After him are Francesco Durante (1684), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Felix of Cantalice (1515), Thomas of Celano (1185), Riccardo Patrese (1954), and Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giovanni Verga ranks 97Before him are Gabriele Amorth (1925), Claudio Magris (1939), Timaeus of Locri (-200), Giovanni Papini (1881), Cornelius Gallus (-69), and Quintus Fabius Pictor (-254). After him are Thomas of Celano (1185), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Francesco Maria Piave (1810), Vittorio Alfieri (1749), Ignazio Silone (1900), and Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103).