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Jacopo Sannazaro

1458 - 1530

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Jacopo Sannazaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈjaːkopo sannadˈdzaːro]; 28 July 1458 – 6 August 1530) was an Italian poet, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples. He wrote easily in Latin, in Italian and in Neapolitan, but is best remembered for his humanist classic Arcadia, a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the theme of Arcadia, representing an idyllic land, in European literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacopo Sannazaro has received more than 79,793 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jacopo Sannazaro is the 1,583rd most popular writer (down from 1,470th in 2019), the 1,685th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,546th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacopo Sannazaro ranks 1,583 out of 5,755Before him are Else Lasker-Schüler, Ono no Komachi, Marianne Weber, Clodia Pulchra, Jean-François Marmontel, and Maximus the Greek. After him are Xu Shen, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Mateo Alemán, Pacuvius, and Walter Tevis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1458, Jacopo Sannazaro ranks 5Before him are Saint Casimir, Sebastian Brant, Eleanor of Viseu, and Piri Mehmed Pasha. After him is John II, Duke of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1530, Jacopo Sannazaro ranks 12Before him are Maximilian Sforza, Joanna la Beltraneja, Pêro da Covilhã, Judah Leon Abravanel, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Konstanty Ostrogski. After him are Properzia de' Rossi, Bramantino, Marco Basaiti, Eric Trolle, and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Jacopo Sannazaro ranks 1,685 out of 4,668Before him are Angelo Schiavio (1905), Clodia Pulchra (-94), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Francesco Solimena (1657), Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), and Giulio Clovio (1498). After him are Virginia de' Medici (1568), Adela of Flanders (1065), Theodora (900), Arturo Merzario (1943), Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes (1267), and Giovanni Sforza (1466).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Jacopo Sannazaro ranks 114Before him are Chiara Lubich (1920), Maria Valtorta (1897), Margherita Sarfatti (1880), Giorgio Bassani (1916), Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446), and Clodia Pulchra (-94). After him are Pacuvius (-220), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Archestratus (-350), Rafael Sabatini (1875), and Gaius Julius Solinus (400).