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Ludovico Ariosto

1474 - 1533

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Ludovico Ariosto (Italian: [ludoˈviːko aˈrjɔsto, - ariˈɔsto]; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludovico Ariosto has received more than 325,968 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Ludovico Ariosto is the 377th most popular writer (up from 399th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Writer.

Ludovico Ariosto is most famous for his epic poem, Orlando Furioso.

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  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 377 out of 5,755Before him are Ken Follett, Kenzaburō Ōe, Théophile Gautier, Marguerite Yourcenar, Auguste Escoffier, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. After him are Erich von Däniken, Sándor Márai, Tulsidas, Dan Brown, Jo Nesbø, and W. Somerset Maugham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1474, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 1After him are Angela Merici, Isabella d'Este, Giulia Farnese, Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Juan Diego, Mariotto Albertinelli, Tuman bay II, Anacaona, Perkin Warbeck, Frederick of Saxony, and Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1533, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 4Before him are Atahualpa, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Vasili III of Russia. After him are Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, Huáscar, Veit Stoss, Túpac Huallpa, and Cornelis Engebrechtsz..

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 493 out of 4,668Before him are Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Pontormo (1494), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Francesco I Sforza (1401), and Januarius (272). After him are Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Celestine II (1100), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Pope Cornelius (200), Pope Anterus (180), and Pope Sergius I (650).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 29Before him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), Primo Levi (1919), Alberto Moravia (1907), Lorenzo Valla (1407), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863). After him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), Propertius (-50), Tibullus (-50), and Elena Ferrante (1943).