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Ivan Gundulić

1589 - 1638

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Dživo Franov Gundulić (Italian: Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian national poet. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Gundulić has received more than 152,638 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Gundulić is the 933rd most popular writer (down from 926th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Writer.

Ivan Gundulić is most famous for his epic poem Osman, the first Croatian novel.

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  • 150k

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  • 61.54

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ivan Gundulić ranks 933 out of 5,755. Before him are Ben Jonson, Arthur Adamov, Roger Zelazny, Thietmar of Merseburg, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Ahmad Khani. After him are Jan Potocki, Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, Vinicius de Moraes, and Marshall Rosenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1589, Ivan Gundulić ranks 3. Before him are Feodor II of Russia and Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria. After him are Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, 4th Dalai Lama, Peter Minuit, Domenico Fetti, Gabriel Báthory, Hercules Seghers, Marko Krizin, and Adriaen van de Venne. Among people deceased in 1638, Ivan Gundulić ranks 5. Before him are Cornelius Jansen, John Harvard, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, and François Leclerc du Tremblay. After him are Johannes Althusius, Adriaen Brouwer, Cyril Lucaris, Amakusa Shirō, Peter Minuit, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Willem Blaeu.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ivan Gundulić ranks 33 out of 589. Before him are Ivan Ribar (1881), Alida Valli (1921), Stjepan Radić (1871), Omar Pasha (1806), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), and Miroslav Krleža (1893). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Zoran Milanović (1966), Davor Šuker (1968), and Franciscus Patricius (1529).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Ivan Gundulić ranks 2. Before him are Miroslav Krleža (1893). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Petar Zrinski (1621), Marin Držić (1508), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Tin Ujević (1891), and Slavenka Drakulić (1949).

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