WRITER

Guido Cavalcanti

1258 - 1300

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Guido Cavalcanti (between 1250 and 1259 – August 1300) was an Italian poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guido Cavalcanti has received more than 181,920 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Guido Cavalcanti is the 1,023rd most popular writer (up from 1,056th in 2019), the 1,165th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,185th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Italian Writer.

GUIDO CAVALCANTI is most famous for his work in the field of mathematics. He was a mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is also known for his contributions to the fields of optics and astronomy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sonnets and ballate of Guido Cavalcanti
Translations into English
1912
Rime
Concordances, Facsimiles, Italian Manuscripts
1910
Sonnets and ballate
1912
Pound's Cavalcanti
Translations into English
1983
Ezra Pound's Cavalcanti poems
1966
Le Rime
1881

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guido Cavalcanti ranks 1,023 out of 7,302. Before him are André Bazin, August Kubizek, Mary Higgins Clark, Shūsaku Endō, Egill Skallagrímsson, and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. After him are Persius, Hrotsvitha, Marguerite Porete, Benito Pérez Galdós, Jean-Claude Carrière, and P. D. James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1258, Guido Cavalcanti ranks 3. Before him are Rabia Bala Hatun, and Sancho IV of Castile. After him are Francesco Dandolo, Trần Nhân Tông, Hugh II, Count of Blois, and Joan, Countess of Blois. Among people deceased in 1300, Guido Cavalcanti ranks 5. Before him are Halime Hatun, Nogai Khan, Baiju, and Marie de France. After him are Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Trần Hưng Đạo, Maria Palaiologina, Anonymus, Robert de Boron, Chaka of Bulgaria, and Liang Kai.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Guido Cavalcanti ranks 1,165 out of 5,161. Before him are Drusus Julius Caesar (-13), Andrea Amati (1505), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Antipope Clement III (1025), and Antipope Boniface VII (1000). After him are Trota of Salerno (1001), Ildibad (450), Persius (34), Mary of Modena (1658), Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1524), and Flavio Biondo (1388).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Guido Cavalcanti ranks 84. Before him are Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Lucius Accius (-170), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Chiara Lubich (1920), Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), and Vladimir Bartol (1903). After him are Persius (34), Giambattista Marino (1569), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Elsa Morante (1912), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), and Cornelius Gallus (-69).

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