WRITER

Giovannino Guareschi

1908 - 1968

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Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi (Italian: [dʒovanˈniːno ɡwaˈreski]; 1 May 1908 – 22 July 1968) was an Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist whose best known creation is the priest Don Camillo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovannino Guareschi has received more than 137,746 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovannino Guareschi is the 1,536th most popular writer (down from 1,435th in 2019), the 1,647th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,542nd in 2019) and the 110th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giovannino Guareschi ranks 1,536 out of 7,302Before him are Carson McCullers, Rainis, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Asconius Pedianus, Andal, and Kuvempu. After him are John Gay, Adnan Oktar, Fritz Gerlich, Corax of Syracuse, Jerzy Kosiński, and Ödön von Horváth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Giovannino Guareschi ranks 81Before him are Bernard Lee, Rómulo Betancourt, Koča Popović, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Max Bill, and Remedios Varo. After him are Yousuf Karsh, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Leroy Anderson, Cus D'Amato, Viktor Abakumov, and Bjarni Benediktsson. Among people deceased in 1968, Giovannino Guareschi ranks 47Before him are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Georgios Papandreou, Tsuguharu Foujita, Fritz Bauer, Husband E. Kimmel, and Leopold Infeld. After him are John Heartfield, Fedor Tokarev, Jean Hyppolite, István Dobi, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovannino Guareschi ranks 1,647 out of 5,161Before him are Domitilla the Elder (50), Matteo Carcassi (1792), Asconius Pedianus (-9), Gerolama Orsini (1503), Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164), and Lamberto Dini (1931). After him are Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Cesare Ripa (1555), Lucrezia de' Medici (1470), Adriano Banchieri (1568), Corax of Syracuse (-500), and Marcia (200).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giovannino Guareschi ranks 110Before him are Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Thomas of Celano (1185), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), Catherine of Bologna (1413), and Asconius Pedianus (-9). After him are Corax of Syracuse (-500), Giorgio Bassani (1916), Rafael Sabatini (1875), Pacuvius (-220), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), and Clodia Pulchra (-94).