WRITER

Luigi Capuana

1839 - 1915

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Luigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 – November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the most important members of the verist movement (see also verismo (literature)). He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having been born in the province of Catania within a year of each other. He was also one of the first Italian authors influenced by the works of Émile Zola, French author and creator of naturalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Capuana has received more than 56,623 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Capuana is the 3,749th most popular writer (down from 3,480th in 2019), the 3,100th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 216th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 3.57

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Notable Works

Giacinta
1889
Profumo
1922
Tutte le fiabe
1983
1907
Un vampiro
1907
Il marchese di Roccaverdina
Accessible book
1882

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luigi Capuana ranks 3,749 out of 7,302. Before him are Laza Kostić, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Gabriel Chevallier, Tadeusz Konwicki, Mykola Bazhan, and Hendrik Willem van Loon. After him are John Gray, Girolamo de Rada, Ian Rankin, Hal Clement, Judith Gautier, and Marilyn French.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Luigi Capuana ranks 61. Before him are Jane Morris, Eduard Nápravník, Harry Seeley, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Georges Rayet, and Nils Christoffer Dunér. After him are Friedrich Gernsheim, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Ludwig Anzengruber, Julius Petersen, Calixto García, and James Crafts. Among people deceased in 1915, Luigi Capuana ranks 76. Before him are Fanny Crosby, Booker T. Washington, Pascual Orozco, Louis Pergaud, Daniel Giraud Elliot, and Tevfik Fikret. After him are Rupert Brooke, Siamanto, Karl Staaff, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Otto von Emmich, and Paul Eyschen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Capuana ranks 3,100 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Urbani (1900), Giulio Cesare Polerio (1548), Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791), Nicolò Longobardo (1565), Paolo Monti (1908), and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro (1660). After him are Ludwig Thuille (1861), Girolamo Diruta (1554), Girolamo de Rada (1814), Nicolò Contarini (1553), Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (-200), and Nicola Piovani (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Luigi Capuana ranks 216. Before him are Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714), Vasco Pratolini (1913), Alessandro Tassoni (1565), Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526), Laura Mancinelli (1933), and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791). After him are Girolamo de Rada (1814), Angelo de Gubernatis (1840), Lucrezia Marinella (1571), Remmius Palaemon (100), Marco Girolamo Vida (1485), and Teresa de Lauretis (1938).

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