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Maria Valtorta

1897 - 1961

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Maria Valtorta (14 March 1897 – 12 October 1961) was a Catholic Italian writer. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ. She lived much of her life bedridden in Viareggio in Tuscany where she died in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Valtorta has received more than 299,018 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Valtorta is the 1,484th most popular writer, the 1,577th most popular biography from Italy and the 109th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Valtorta ranks 1,484 out of 5,755. Before her are Károly Kerényi, Akka Mahadevi, Gunnar Gunnarsson, William Carlos Williams, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, and Michel Verne. After her are Hugo Claus, Erle Stanley Gardner, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, François de Malherbe, Georges Duhamel, and Gampopa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Maria Valtorta ranks 79. Before her are Sepp Herberger, Hans Speidel, Mukhtar Auezov, Ana Aslan, Johann Rattenhuber, and Károly Kerényi. After her are Rouben Mamoulian, Yuri Kondratyuk, Shoghi Effendi, Yeghishe Charents, Otto Dietrich, and Polina Zhemchuzhina. Among people deceased in 1961, Maria Valtorta ranks 34. Before her are Lee de Forest, Blaise Cendrars, Arthur Drewry, Karl Korsch, Mukhtar Auezov, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans. After her are Margherita Sarfatti, Werner Jaeger, Zoltán Tildy, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Maya Deren, and Clark Ashton Smith.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Valtorta ranks 1,577 out of 4,668. Before her are Eusebius of Vercelli (283), Dorando Pietri (1885), Valentino Mazzola (1919), Francesco Maria del Monte (1549), Rose of Viterbo (1233), and Margherita de' Medici (1612). After her are Pietro I Orseolo (928), Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena (1562), Adriano Banchieri (1568), Zita (1212), Fausto Sozzini (1539), and Salvatore Giuliano (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Maria Valtorta ranks 109. Before her are Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Vladimir Bartol (1903), Ubertino of Casale (1259), Boris Pahor (1913), Giovannino Guareschi (1908), and Chiara Lubich (1920). After her are Margherita Sarfatti (1880), Giorgio Bassani (1916), Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446), Clodia Pulchra (-94), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), and Pacuvius (-220).

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