WRITER

Giovanni della Casa

1503 - 1556

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Giovanni della Casa (28 June 1503 – 14 November 1556) was an Italian poet, diplomat, clergyman and inquisitor, and writer on etiquette and society. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, Il Galateo overo de’ costumi (1558). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni della Casa has received more than 57,106 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Giovanni della Casa is the 3,421st most popular writer (up from 3,468th in 2019), the 2,942nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,852nd in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giovanni della Casa ranks 3,421 out of 7,302. Before him are Kafū Nagai, Joyce Meyer, John Osborne, John Evelyn, Corrie ten Boom, and Mário de Sá-Carneiro. After him are Gʻafur Gʻulom, Juana de Ibarbourou, Sophie von La Roche, Marcin Bielski, Gabrielle Roy, and Abu Firas al-Hamdani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1503, Giovanni della Casa ranks 15. Before him are John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Gerolama Orsini, Robert Estienne, Thomas Wyatt, and Bartolomé Carranza. After him are Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, and Augustin Hirschvogel. Among people deceased in 1556, Giovanni della Casa ranks 17. Before him are Tullia d'Aragona, Richard Chancellor, Luigi Alamanni, Francesco Venier, Luca Ghini, and Hemu. After him are Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Konrad Pellikan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni della Casa ranks 2,942 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716), Augusto Genina (1892), Rossano Brazzi (1916), Bruno Mattei (1931), Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826), and Salvatore Garau (1953). After him are Armando Picchi (1935), Aemilia Tertia (-230), Alvise Contarini (1601), Luca Carlevarijs (1663), Roberto Malone (1956), and Nicolò Donato (1539).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giovanni della Casa ranks 202. Before him are Nossis (null), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Francesco de Sanctis (1817), Corrado Alvaro (1895), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), and Augusto Genina (1892). After him are Massimo Bontempelli (1878), Carlo Rosselli (1899), Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914), Giuseppe Parini (1729), Arator (500), and Teofilo Folengo (1491).

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