1840 - 1922
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, Giovanni Verga ranks 1,239 out of 5,755. Before 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.
254 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,233
1716 - 1783
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,234
110 - 200
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,235
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,236
1933 - 1991
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,237
1807 - 1882
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 1,238
1840 - 1922
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,239
1936 - 1988
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,240
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,241
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,242
1934 - 2020
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,243
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,244
1185 - 1260
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,245
Among people born in 1840, Giovanni Verga ranks 24. Before 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 38. Before 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.
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 18
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 19
1840 - 1911
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 20
1840 - 1884
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 21
1840 - 1929
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 22
1840 - 1910
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 23
1840 - 1922
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 24
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 25
1840 - 1931
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 26
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 27
1840 - 1900
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 28
1840 - 1927
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 29
1840 - 1892
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 30
1847 - 1922
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 32
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 33
1885 - 1922
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 34
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 35
1855 - 1922
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 36
1852 - 1922
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 37
1840 - 1922
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 38
1892 - 1922
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 39
1848 - 1922
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 40
1861 - 1922
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 41
1858 - 1922
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 42
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 43
1855 - 1922
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 44
Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Verga ranks 1,369 out of 4,668. Before 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).
1927 - 1996
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,363
1814 - 1898
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,364
1670 - 1747
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,365
1861 - 1930
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,366
1922 - 1984
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,367
1920 - 2003
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 1,368
1840 - 1922
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,369
1684 - 1755
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,370
1469 - 1534
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,371
1515 - 1587
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,372
1185 - 1260
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,373
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,374
1369 - 1424
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,375
Among writers born in Italy, Giovanni Verga ranks 97. Before 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).
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 91
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 92
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 93
1881 - 1956
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 94
69 BC - 26 BC
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 95
254 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 96
1840 - 1922
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 97
1185 - 1260
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 98
363 - 301
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 99
1810 - 1876
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 100
1749 - 1803
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 101
1900 - 1978
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 102
103 BC - 4 BC
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 103